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The Public Lands of Texas, 1519-1970

The Public Lands of Texas, 1519-1970

Miller, Thomas Lloyd
Yarborough, Ralph W.

Paperback

Real EstateRegional: Southwest

ISBN10: 0806113022
ISBN13: 9780806113029
Publisher: Univ Of Oklahoma Pr
Published: Feb 20 2020
Pages: 366
Weight: 1.18
Height: 0.82 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Land has always been an important subject in Texas. In colonial times there was no gold or silver, no rich cities or advanced civilizations to lure Europeans and Americans to Texas. They went for land.

When Texas won her independence from Mexico in 1836, she had only one source of wealth--216 million acres of public lands. Thomas Lloyd Miller traces the history of those lands from 1519 to modern times. He gives a complete account of the acquisition and disposition of the lands; explains what has been done about minerals, timber, and oil; and discusses the work of the Texas Land Office and its commissioners. Using documentary sources, he examines the conditions of Texas lands from Spanish grants to the present conflict over tidewater lands and offshore sunken treasure. Much of his material is made known for this first time.

This volume covers all important legislation relating to the public lands--lands for settlers, for soldiers, for internal improvements, for schools--as well as the administration of laws related to rights to timber and minerals. Into the story is woven fraud, carelessness, and sometimes unwise decisions, but there is also to be found much wisdom on the part of dedicated statesmen and commissioners.

Included are tables showing receipts from Texas lands from 1835 through 1970, along with other tables of land grants to improve water transportation and grants for irrigation canals and ditches.

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