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Texas Indepedence Trail Day 6: Hunstville, Washington-on-the-Brazos, and San Felipe de Austin

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March 15th 2013
Texas Independence Trail Day 6!!!!! I;m deep into Sam Houston Country. The place is obsessed with him! Driving into Huntsville you come across the ginormous Sam Houston Statue. The statue soars above the piney woods. One should definitely stop and say hi. Sam Houston spent his later life in Hunstville, TX where he continued his law practice. Traces of him are everywhere and you can tell the are ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more