Davy Crockett Memorial Park
Crockett, Houston County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Davy Crockett Memorial Park dedicated June 12, 1937 City of Crockett, Texas named for Davis Crockett and incorporated by the Republic of Texas Dec. 29, 1837 ------- Houston County named for General Sam Houston created by act of the Republic of Texas June 12, 1837 ------- City officials Mayor J.B. Beasley; Councilmen R.L. Shivers, H.O. McCarty, C.L.. Edminsten, W.E. Keland, B.O. Perdue
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
This park honors the frontier legend Davy Crockett, whose name the town of Crockett carries; the young Republic of Texas incorporated the town in December 1837, the same year it created Houston County in honor of General Sam Houston. Dedicated in 1937 during the state's centennial era, the park roots a modern community in the heroic memory of Texas independence. The marker records the civic leaders who oversaw its founding a century after the Republic took shape.
Why it matters
It links a living East Texas town to the founding generation of the Republic of Texas, keeping alive the names of Crockett and Houston that anchor the state's origin story.
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Related people
- · Davy Crockett
- · Sam Houston
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