Join Us for a Reading of the Texas General Land Office's

New Historical Map Book Texas Takes Shape

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., is pleased to invite members of the press and the public to attend a special author's reading of the Texas General Land Office's (GLO) new book, Texas Takes Shape: A History in Maps from the General Land Office at Twig Book Shop in San Antonio on Tuesday, July 8, 2025 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

This new collectible book is currently available for sale and offers an illuminating selection from the GLO archive: over 100 maps that tell—and sometimes obscure—the stories of European colonization, Spanish and Mexican rule, the Republic of Texas, and the modern US state. The two-part, nine-chapter collection takes readers on a journey through history that defines and develops Texas through centuries of research and preservation. 
  Mark Lambert is available to take interviews for live or pre-recorded morning, afternoon or evening newscasts to discuss this worthwhile event.

Please send requests to media@glo.texas.gov and we will be happy to set up an interview.

For more information about the event and author Mark Lambert, visit The Twig Book Shop website.
Texas Takes Shape also includes a foreword by Commissioner Buckingham, highlighting her ancestors' arrival in Texas and the opportunity they found working on this land. She explains, in detail, their settlement in Brazoria County along the Brazos River in present-day Bailey's Prairie, named in her ancestor's honor.

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