Sam Houston was baptized here (40 yards west) on Nov 19 1854 by Dr R. C. Burleson pastor of the Independenc Baptist Church and President of Baylor University

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Sam Houston
(1793-1863) United States Senator

Rufus Columbus Burleson
(1823-1901) Baptist minister

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Phillips-Sale House. New York native Alexander Hamilton Phillips (1804-1880) moved...

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Wilbarger House. Built 1842 by Major A. M. Brooks of hand-hewn cedar and pine in Colon...

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