Alamo Legend — The Death of Henry Warnell

The story of the Alamo and the carnage that took place over Santa Anna’s thirteen-day…

Jane Cazneau — To “Count the Beats of the Popular Heart”

This week, we highlight the accomplishments of Jane Cazneau, the “mistress of manifest destiny,” journalist, world traveler, and founder of Eagle Pass, Texas.

My Top Texan — Thomas Jefferson Rusk

Mark Lambert is Deputy Director for Archives and Records at the Texas General Land Office.

Eltea Armstrong, a Legendary GLO Draftsperson

Underwritten by the Texas Historical Foundation

My Top Texan — Adina De Zavala

Dr. Mylynka Kilgore Cardona is a map curator at the Texas General Land Office.

My Top Texan — Benjy Brooks

Tom Wancho is the exhibit planner at the Bullock Texas State History Museum.

One of the great takeaways from the Texas General Land Office’s Top Texan, Final Four-like pool is learning about Lone Star Staters I never knew existed. Nearly everyone knows…