Friday September 13 – HUNTSVILLE, TX

Have you seen that giant statue of Sam Houston on I 45 in Huntsville?  Well, RECK invites you to join us on a road trip and with the aid of our professional tour guide, Richard Cook, we will see the statue close-up and find out about the man that the statue represents and explore some neat things in Huntsville.

When we arrive in Huntsville, we will take a guided tour of the Woodland House which was the home of Sam Houston, his wife Margaret, and a bunch of kids. General Houston and his family lived at Woodland for many years while the General was Senator from the State of Texas in Washington. He referred to this time in his life as some of the fondest of times. The Woodland home is located on the campus of Sam Houston State University and is a beautiful example of the classic "Dog Run" architecture so popular in early Texas.

The tour includes a stop at the Sam Houston Memorial Museum also located on the campus along with a tour of the grounds of the Museum.

Next we will take a guided tour of the Steamboat House where General Sam Houston died. He caught a cold on a walk home one day and became ill. As Margaret and others attended the old General it was reported that he awoke from his fever, looked at Margaret and said "Texas, Margaret, Texas" and then passed away.

We will then head over for lunch to the Farmhouse Café which is described as a nice, but casual “hole in the wall” place that serves quality down home Southern cooking with great atmosphere and service.  https://farmhousecafetexas.com/index.php/menu/

After lunch, we will drive thru Oakwood Cemetery and see Sam Houston’s Grave and then on to the Texas State Prison Museum.  Here we will see numerous exhibits including a prison contraband exhibit, an inmate art exhibit, a prison hardware exhibit and a capital punishment exhibit which includes one of the most chilling exhibits “Old Sparky”, the decommissioned electric chair in which 361 prisoners were executed.

The Precinct 4 bus will leave from the Kingwood United Methodist Church Family Outreach Center, Woodland Hills Drive and Crystal Spring at 8:45 am on Friday, September 13.  The bus should be back in Kingwood around 5:00 pm.  The cost is $20 per person which includes our on-board professional guide and all admission charges.  Lunch is not included in the cost.

The deadline for sign-ups, receipt of all checks and cancellations is Friday, September 6. The hosts for this event are Sam & Cat McDonald.  Please go to kingwoodreck.com to sign up and send your checks made out to Sam McDonald at 1827 Winter Grape Lane, Kingwood, TX 77345. For questions or concerns, please call Sam at 713-823-9766. (Just a reminder, all cancellations must be done via e-mail and confirmation of receipt will be by e-mail at sammcdonald1950@gmail.com)