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 —

2021 was a great year for the GLO. We’ve been hard at work, reaching new milestones along the way. …

By: Avi-Gitano Ignacio Singleterry, 2021 Save Texas History Essay Contest 7th Grade Winner

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