| The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000. |
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| Fort Sam Houston |
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| Fort Sam Houston, U.S. Army base (5 sq mi/13.3 sq km), in San Antonio, Bexar co., S Texas. Hq. of the Fourth Army. The city, long a military center, donated land in 1870 for the site of a permanent military post that was constructed from 1876 to 1890 and named for Gen. Sam Houston. The famous Brooke Army Medical Center, the major training center for army medics and the home of the Army Medical Service School, is located on the post. Site of Army Medical Mus. and Fort Sam Houston Mus.; Natl. Cemetery in N part of base. Est. 1876. |
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