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2024 General Land Office Christmas Ornament Celebrates Texas’ Cattle Drive History

Christmas ornaments come in various shapes and designs, each with its own story to tell. Originally inspired by the Texas Capitol’s annual…

Oct 30, 2024

2024 General Land Office Christmas Ornament Celebrates Texas’ Cattle Drive History

Oct 30, 2024

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“Let Us Erase Forever the Memory of Spanish Surveying Ordinances”: José Antonio Gutiérrez de Lara…

In recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, please enjoy this exploration of the lasting impact of, and response to, Spanish surveying…

Oct 15, 2024

“Let Us Erase Forever the Memory of Spanish Surveying Ordinances”: José Antonio Gutiérrez de Lara…

Oct 15, 2024

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Former U.S. Ambassador to Qatar Chase Untermeyer Donates Maps to the GLO Archives

The GLO is pleased to accept eight maps of Texas and Mexico from Chase Untermeyer, a U.S. Navy veteran and former Texas State…

Aug 19, 2024

Former U.S. Ambassador to Qatar Chase Untermeyer Donates Maps to the GLO Archives

Aug 19, 2024

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Ephemeral Art: The Nineteenth Century Letterhead Collection at the GLO

In 2022, the Portal to Texas History at the University of North Texas conducted a session at the Society of Southwest Archivists annual…

Jul 10, 2024

Ephemeral Art: The Nineteenth Century Letterhead Collection at the GLO

Jul 10, 2024

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Exploring Cartographic Frontiers at the 2024 Save Texas History Symposium

The Texas General Land Office is excited to announce its fourteenth Save Texas History Symposium, scheduled to take place from September…

Jul 9, 2024

Exploring Cartographic Frontiers at the 2024 Save Texas History Symposium

Jul 9, 2024

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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…

Jun 19, 2024

A Day at the Beach (and Archives)

Jun 19, 2024

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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…

May 21, 2024

Oliver Loving: The Dean of Texas Trail Drivers

May 21, 2024

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Returning Texas History to Texas — Donating the Bull Family Collection

By Sylvia Smith Talkington, guest contributor

Aug 29, 2023

Returning Texas History to Texas — Donating the Bull Family Collection

Aug 29, 2023

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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]

May 5, 2023

Trace d’une partie Chemin de Fer de Galveston à Houston et Henderson, Texas, Etats unis d’Amérique…

May 5, 2023

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Charting Matagorda Island’s Military History in the GLO Archives

Calhoun County Rolled Sketch 11

May 1, 2023

Charting Matagorda Island’s Military History in the GLO Archives

May 1, 2023

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