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Most known images of Sam Houston (1793-1863) show the 1st President of the Republic of Texas as a middle-aged or older man. This portrait of Houston by Thomas Flintoff (1809-1892) was painted between 1849 and 1853. Current location of painting: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Statue to portray Sam Houston as young man

Catherine Saunders-Watson
Catherine Saunders-Watson
Most known images of Sam Houston (1793-1863) show the 1st President of the Republic of Texas as a middle-aged or older man. This portrait of Houston by Thomas Flintoff (1809-1892) was painted between 1849 and 1853. Current location of painting: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Most known images of Sam Houston (1793-1863) show the 1st President of the Republic of Texas as a middle-aged or older man. This portrait of Houston by Thomas Flintoff (1809-1892) was painted between 1849 and 1853. Current location of painting: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – A statue of Sam Houston planned for the Maryville Municipal Center will portray the American hero and former Blount County resident as a 20-year-old man.

Artist Wayne E. Hyde told The Daily Times that the sculpture will portray Houston at the age in which he enlisted in the U.S. Army in downtown Maryville.

Maryville city manager Greg McClain said he “knows of no other statue of Houston’s early time here.”

Hyde said he hopes to have the 7-foot-tall bronze sculpture ready for display by March 2015.

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Information from: The Daily Times, http://www.thedailytimes.com

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Most known images of Sam Houston (1793-1863) show the 1st President of the Republic of Texas as a middle-aged or older man. This portrait of Houston by Thomas Flintoff (1809-1892) was painted between 1849 and 1853. Current location of painting: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Most known images of Sam Houston (1793-1863) show the 1st President of the Republic of Texas as a middle-aged or older man. This portrait of Houston by Thomas Flintoff (1809-1892) was painted between 1849 and 1853. Current location of painting: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.