Texas General Land Office

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·Feb 15

L’Amérique Meridionale, et Septentrionale Dressee selon les derniers Relations et suivant les Nouvelles Decouvertes

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

Texas

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L’Amérique Meridionale, et Septentrionale Dressee selon les derniers Relations et suivant les…

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·Jan 3

Texas and part of Mexico & the United States, showing the route of the first Santa Fe Expedition

W. Kemble New York, 1844 —

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Dec 30, 2021

2021 Year in Review

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

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Dec 10, 2021

Preserving Rockport’s Shrimping History

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

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Dec 10, 2021

Crosby: A Texas Community History Worth Saving

By: Dominique “Nicky” McAnespy, 2021 Save Texas History Essay Contest 4th Grade Winner

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Crosby: A Texas Community History Worth Saving

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·Nov 30, 2021

Mexicque, ou Nouvelle Espagne, Nouv.lle Gallice, Iucatan &c. et autres Provinces jusques a L’Isthme de Panama

[Mexico, or New Spain, New Galicia, Iucatan &c. and other Provinces as far as the Isthmus of Panama] — Nicolas Sanson Paris, 1656

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·Nov 10, 2021

Southern Pacific R.R. and Connections

Rand, McNally & Co. Chicago, 1883 — Rand, McNally & Co. published this map during a triumphal year for the Southern Pacific Railway Company. Collis P. Huntington organized a buyout of several smaller companies in Texas, including the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railroad, the Texas & New Orleans Railroad, and several others throughout the Southwest. He…

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