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A Day at the Beach (and Archives)
A Day at the Beach (and Archives)
The possibilities promised by the Texas coast have always captured the imagination. Its earliest inhabitants included Indigenous people…
Texas General Land Office
Jun 19
Oliver Loving: The Dean of Texas Trail Drivers
Oliver Loving: The Dean of Texas Trail Drivers
Born in Kentucky but best known in Texas, Oliver Loving (1812–1867) was a pioneering cowboy who blazed the Goodnight-Loving Trail alongside…
Texas General Land Office
May 21
Returning Texas History to Texas — Donating the Bull Family Collection
Returning Texas History to Texas — Donating the Bull Family Collection
By Sylvia Smith Talkington, guest contributor
Texas General Land Office
Aug 29, 2023
Trace d’une partie Chemin de Fer de Galveston à Houston et Henderson, Texas, Etats unis d’Amérique…
Trace d’une partie Chemin de Fer de Galveston à Houston et Henderson, Texas, Etats unis d’Amérique…
[Trace of a part of the Galveston Railway in Houston and Henderson, Texas, United States of America]
Texas General Land Office
May 5, 2023
Charting Matagorda Island’s Military History in the GLO Archives
Charting Matagorda Island’s Military History in the GLO Archives
Calhoun County Rolled Sketch 11
Texas General Land Office
May 1, 2023
Preserving the Ephemeral at the GLO — Digitizing the John and Diana Cobb Map Collection
Preserving the Ephemeral at the GLO — Digitizing the John and Diana Cobb Map Collection
As part of the General Land Office’s (GLO) mission to preserve Texas history for future generations and make accessible the historical…
Texas General Land Office
Dec 19, 2022
Map of Rockport Texas
Map of Rockport Texas
Dallas, 1888
Texas General Land Office
Jun 30, 2022
Map of Castro’s Colony — Bexar District
Map of Castro’s Colony — Bexar District
San Antonio, 1851
Texas General Land Office
Jun 30, 2022
Map of the Mercer Colony in Texas
Map of the Mercer Colony in Texas
New Orleans, 1845
Texas General Land Office
Jun 30, 2022
Map of Defunct and Ghost Counties in Texas
Map of Defunct and Ghost Counties in Texas
The Historical Records Survey, Division of Women’s and Professional Projects, Works Progress Administration San Antonio, 1939
Texas General Land Office
Jun 30, 2022
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