The Texas General Land Office

Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 125: The Texas General Land OfficeThe Texas General Land Office was founded 190 years ago to oversee the land the Texan Revolutionaries fought so hard to self-govern. For the past 15 years, it’s overseen the Alamo - one of the very places where blood was shed in the name of that freedom. We reveal how the Land Office preserves Texas history, the monumental effort to steer the Alamo into the future, and how maps are bridging the centuries of this once-in-a-lifetime effort. Featuring Texas Land Commissioner Dr. Dawn Buckingham.Learn more about the General Land Office: https://www.glo.texas.govExplore the GLO's map and land databases: https://www.glo.texas.gov/archives-and-heritage/search-our-collectionsSee Commissioner Buckingham's Alamo Defenders map: https://historictexasmaps.com/collection/search-results/97433-alamo-defenders-heritage-map-of-texas-general-map-collection  Send the Alamo Podcast a Text Message! (Please include name and contact information so we can respond.)