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Official account of the @TXGLO Save Texas History program, highlighting the conservation of historic documents and promoting the study of Texas history.

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Texas was the first southern state, and the ninth in the nation, to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment.

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This week in 1919, Texas women took a step towards equal voting rights.

Notable suffrage leaders like Jane McCallum and Minnie Fisher Cunningham worked together to help women achieve the right to vote in primary elections in 1918.

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Long returned to Texas and captured La Bahía in October 1820, but he surrendered after four days.

He was taken prisoner and sent to Mexico City, where he was shot and killed while imprisoned. [2/2]

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On this day in 1819, a provisional Texas government headed by filibusterer James Long declared independence from Spain.

Though he had 300 men under his command, he was driven from Texas by the end of the year. [1/2]

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June 19, 1865, marked a pivotal moment in Texas history.

On this day, General Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, declaring that “...all slaves are free," signaling the end of slavery.

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Congratulations and thank you to Jocelyn, Lizzy LaGrone, the seventh-grade grand prize winner, and all of the other Texas students who submitted their wonderful essays about our state's history!

Read the other winning essays here:
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This week, Commissioner Buckingham had the pleasure of meeting Jocelyn Narcy, the fourth-grade grand prize winner of our 2026 Save Texas History Essay Contest.

Read her winning essay here:
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Texas State Historical Association held its first annual meeting in Austin on this day in 1897. They recently held their 130th meeting.

At the 1941 annual meeting, they ran an auction for donated books, artifacts, and works of art to raise funds for the association's activities.

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As we approach America's 250th birthday, the GLO proudly honors and remembers the brave patriots who fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill.

The Bunker Hill Monument commemorates this historic battle during the American Revolution and pays tribute to the courageous soldiers who gave everything for our great nation. 🇺🇸

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They opened Sacred Heart Academy in Galveston in 1882, which grew into a system that continues to serve Texas, California, and Guatemala today.

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On this day in 1863, Mother Mary Agnes Magevney, joined the Dominican Sisters of Saint Mary's in Ohio.

Mary Agnes led a group of twenty Dominican nuns from Ohio to Texas, the first group of Dominican Sisters to serve the Catholic Church in the state.

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In 2025, as part of a project to create Geographic Information System (GIS) based educational maps, GLO staff produced an updated version of this map with a timeline showing the lifespans of each ghost county.

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Have you ever heard of Texas’ ghost counties?

The map below details provides a record of Texas's changing political geography. #MapMonday

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Since its dedication in 1941, NAS Corpus Christi has played an important role in training naval pilots around the country and supporting operations for the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.

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President Franklin Roosevelt signed a $25 million appropriations proposal on June 13, 1940, for the Naval Air Station at Corpus Christi, which began construction on June 30.

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Maps of Galveston Island in the GLO Archives reveal the city’s plans to protect and prepare its residents for future storms, which include building the iconic Galveston Seawall.

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The devastating Galveston hurricane of 1900 claimed the lives of thousands of Texans and destroyed key infrastructure. After the storm, the city made plans to prevent such a catastrophe from happening again. #SaveTexasHistory