Calhoun County Rolled Sketch 11 — Matagorda Island is now primarily known for its joint federal-state wildlife refuge, a sanctuary for brown pelicans, white-tailed deer, seagrasses, and numerous other plant and animal species.[1] This map, however, unveils some of the island’s World War II past. Dating to 1942, the U.S. Corps of Engineers created this engineering…

As part of the General Land Office’s (GLO) mission to preserve Texas history for future generations and make accessible the historical documents that form the foundation of Texas’ public land system, the agency has spent over two decades digitizing its archival holdings and making them available online to the public…

Ensuring Texans receive disaster recovery and mitigation funding in a timely manner has been and continues to be a top priority of the Texas General Land Office (GLO). The GLO is committed to leveraging these critical recovery dollars quickly and efficiently to help thousands of Texans to rebuild their homes…

Dallas, 1888 — The county seat of Aransas County, Rockport was founded after the Civil War as a port for the cattle industry and named for the rocky ledge under its shoreline. A Special Act of the Texas Legislature incorporated the city on August 13, 1870, and the city received its charter on…

San Antonio, 1851 — Henri Castro, a French-born empresario, established Castro’s Colony to settle 600 families in two south-central Texas grants. He first came to the United States as the French Consul in Providence, Rhode Island, and became an American citizen in 1827. After returning to France, he became a land agent for the…

New Orleans, 1845 —

The Historical Records Survey, Division of Women’s and Professional Projects, Works Progress Administration San Antonio, 1939 — President Franklin D. Roosevelt launched “Federal Project Number One” as part of his New Deal in 1935 to combat the effects of the Great Depression. Renamed the Works Projects Administration (WPA) in 1939, it provided federal oversight of the Division of Women’s and Professional Projects (WPP), a subsidiary of the…

[South and North America Drawn up according to the latest Relations and according to the New Discoveries] Nicolas de Fer Paris, 1726 —

W. Kemble New York, 1844 —