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Title: Texas
- Author: General Land Office
- Date: 1959
- Condition: Very Good - Age related toning and slight chipping at edges
- Inches: 32 7/8 x 31 1/2 [Image]
- Centimeters: 83.50 x 80.01 [Image]
- Product ID: 308558
This detailed Texas map features urban and rural centers, administrative seats, expanses of state parks and forests, the historic routes of early pioneers, rivers and lakes, and distinctive geological formations. It also visualizes land areas managed by the Permanent School Fund. In the lower-left, a message from Bill Allcorn, Commissioner of the General Land Office in the 1950s, celebrates the enduring values of freedom and independence at the heart of Texas identity. The map’s topographical relief is depicted through finely drawn hachures.
"This map portrays Texas as we know her today. Born of man's great desire for independence, she stands as a place where freedom-loving people may live and work without fear of tyranny and oppression.
Hers is a history of a struggle for independence, telling how heroic generations made this gifted land their prize and their pride, and how they fought to win it and make it a place where men might look up undaunted; their heads unbowed to any other than God.
This spirit of independence must never be dampened. It must rather be made to grow and flourish so that the banner of the “Lone Star" shall always fly over free men.
To our school children and youth falls the greater part of this task and to them this map is dedicated. It is a graphic portrayal of the estate to which they will fall heir: - suggesting that colorful history which produced the independence they now enjoy, and inspiring their further devotion and dedication to the progress and greater glory of Texas."
Background on Creator
The Texas General Land Office was founded in 1836 and is Texas’s oldest state agency. Its main function is to manage state-owned lands and mineral rights, overseeing leases and sales, and generating revenue for the Permanent School Fund, which supports public education. The agency also preserves Texas land grant records, manages disaster recovery programs, safeguards coastline and natural resources, operates The Alamo, and provides services to veterans.