General Land Office Records

General Land Office Record of the Week

Each week, the Bureau of Land Management releases a story map featuring unique records from the General Land Office records collection.

Record of the week shortlist map

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The General Land Office is proud to celebrate Black History Month. This week's record of the week features Selma, Alabama, which was the starting point...
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This weeks General Land Office, Record of the Week, covers Omaha, Nebraska and the first Deputy Surveyor in the Nebraska territory, William Newton Byers! Omaha...
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This week the General Land Office Records of the Week bring you another fascinating story from there collection, a land patent issued to the storied...
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This week we visit our friends at the National Park Service. We are headed to Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, home of the fifth largest chamber in North America!