Sam Houston birthplace marker, Rockbridge County, Virginia, color snapshot photos and copy print photo, 1927/1987

Containers:

Box 8, Folder 10

Scope and content:

The photos in this folder are as follows: A photocopy of the 1927 photo of the Sam Houston marker at Timber Ridge, Virginia, and Charlotte Darby, the great granddaughter of Sam Houston, who unveiled it. Four color snapshot photos of the new Sam Houston marker at Timber Ridge, Virginia and the people who attended the September 11, 1986 unveiling, which included Charlotte Darby, the great granddaughter of Sam Houston who unveiled it, Senator Don Kennard, and some of the cadets from the Virginia Military Institute. A copy print photo taken by Winifred Hadsel, January 1987.

Biographical / historical:

The original 1927 Sam Houston memorial marker at Timber Ridge, Virginia, was replaced by a new monument in 1986, which still stands today at the Sam Houston Wayside. This 38,000-pound Texas pink granite monument marks the birthplace of Sam Houston near the Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church and was created through a partnership with Kiwanis Clubs in both Virginia and Texas. The marker is located on US Route 11, North Lee Highway, north of Lexington, VA at the Sam Houston Wayside near the Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church. Sam Houston was born nearby on March 2, 1793, at the Timber Ridge Plantation (also known as Church Hill). The initial 1927 effort was meant to honor Houston's legacy as a Tennessee governor and Texas hero, with the site being managed over the years by local community groups, including the Sam Houston Ruritan Club, who added a fence in 1986.

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