Like home towns, native States wait to see how their wandering boys turn out before they boom their claims to parenthood. Early U. S. frontiersmen, born in the Original 13 States, were doubtful characters. Even those who made good generally had to bury their crudities a long time in the grave before the genteel seaboard was ready to honor itself by claiming them as native sons. Few have waited so long as great Sam Houston.
Sam Houston ruled Tennessee and practically created Texas, but there were plenty of times when Virginia was glad...
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