BY: KENDALL HUNT

SAM HOUSTON WAS BORN ON MARCH 2ND, 1793 AND DIED ON JUNE 26TH, 1863.

SAM HOUSTON WON TEXAS' INDEPENDENCE FROM MEXICO IN 1836.

SAM HOUSTON LIVED ON THE FARM AND READ MANY HERO BOOKS. HE NEVER WENT TO SCHOOL.

HAD SAM HOUSTON NEVER COME TO TEXAS, TEXANS MAY STILL BE UNDER OPPRESSIVE, MEXICAN RULE.

Fritz, Jean, and Elise Primavera. Make Way for Sam Houston. New York: PaperStar, 1998. Print.