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Returning Texas History to Texas — Donating the Bull Family Collection

By Sylvia Smith Talkington, guest contributor

9 min readAug 29, 2023

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Returning Texas History to Texas — Donating the Bull Family Collection

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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]

4 min readMay 5, 2023

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

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Charting Matagorda Island’s Military History in the GLO Archives

Calhoun County Rolled Sketch 11

7 min readMay 1, 2023

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Charting Matagorda Island’s Military History in the GLO Archives

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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…

7 min readDec 19, 2022

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Preserving the Ephemeral at the GLO — Digitizing the John and Diana Cobb Map Collection

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A Successful Community of Disaster Recovery and Mitigation

Ensuring Texans receive disaster recovery and mitigation funding in a timely manner has been and continues to be a top priority of the…

3 min readAug 25, 2022

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A Successful Community of Disaster Recovery and Mitigation

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Map of Rockport Texas

Dallas, 1888

3 min readJun 30, 2022

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Map of Rockport Texas

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Map of Castro’s Colony — Bexar District

San Antonio, 1851

3 min readJun 30, 2022

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Map of Castro’s Colony — Bexar District

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Map of the Mercer Colony in Texas

New Orleans, 1845

4 min readJun 30, 2022

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Map of the Mercer Colony in Texas

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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

4 min readJun 30, 2022

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Map of Defunct and Ghost Counties in Texas

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

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

4 min readFeb 15, 2022

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

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