As depressing as it is fascinating, the Texas Prison Museum doesn’t sugarcoat its exhibits, such as ‘Old Sparky,’ the electric chair once used to dispatch the condemned. Exhibits have an underlying theme of brutality, although there is little about the ongoing controversies around allegations that the state has executed innocent people in its rush to judgement.
Texas Prison Museum
East Texas
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Several Sam Houston–related buildings are located in a 15-acre park on the campus of Sam Houston State University, just south of downtown. The museum…
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East Texas has four large national forests, the largest being Sam Houston National Forest, covering 255 sq miles just miles north of Houston between I-45…
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1. Sam Houston Memorial Museum
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Several Sam Houston–related buildings are located in a 15-acre park on the campus of Sam Houston State University, just south of downtown. The museum…
2. Sam Houston National Forest
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East Texas has four large national forests, the largest being Sam Houston National Forest, covering 255 sq miles just miles north of Houston between I-45…