Land and Its Legacy in Texas History - A History Class from the Texas General Land Office

Using historic documents found in the General Land Office Archives, the lesson discusses how substantial land grants influenced settlers to undertake a long and perilous journey and move to Texas during the early 1800s.
txglo.org/education

[@yoelyancypompa-ramon3844]

MY 7TH GREAT GRAND FATHER FOUNDED LAREDO TOMAS SANCHEZ AND MY 8TH GREAT GRAND FATHER FOUNDED DOLORES SAN YGNACIO AND CORRALITOS (375,000) ACRES AND HAD PORCIONES 6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13(RANCHO EL PICO) 27 (SANCHEZ AND VIDAURRI STREET) LAREDO

[@Sarah-mc6es]

I'm on the left side with the mint shirt

[@louieybarra]

Very educational but you are forgetting the original Texas settlers. My family Has been in the Laredo area since the mid 1700s. it was still under Spanish Rule. You a re missing about 100 years of very good history.

[@phillipsandrew9972]

Because the GLO didn’t exist until the 1840s