Sam Houston Statue, Texas Poster

"Sam Houston Statue, Huntsville, Texas" by Catherine Sherman. The 67-foot tall white statue of Sam Houston, dubbed “Big Sam,” towers over Texas Interstate-45. Billed as the “World’s Tallest Statue of an American Hero,” it was completed in 1994 with 30 tons of concrete and steel and placed on a 10-foot high granite base. A visitor on the right side of the base shows just how huge the statue is. Big Sam’s location in Huntsville, Texas, instead of Houston’s namesake city an hour a A visitor on the right side of the base of the statue shows just how large the statue is.way, is due to the fact that the two-time president of the former Republic of Texas lived and died here, with his grave located in a nearby cemetery.