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On February 13, 1897, ten persons convened to discuss the creation of a nonprofit to promote Texas state history. [2] George Pierce Garrison, chair of the University of Texas history department, led the organizational meeting establishing the association on March 2, 1893. [3] The TSHA elected Oran Milo Roberts as its first president.
Established in 1953, the state legislature created the Texas State Historical Survey Committee to oversee state historical programs. [3] The legislature revised the agency's enabling statute to give it additional protective powers, expand its leadership role and educational responsibilities, and officially changed its name to the Texas Historical Commission (THC).
The Texas State Preservation Board is a state agency that maintains the Texas Capitol, the General Land Office Building (now the Texas Capitol Visitor's Center), and the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum. [1] It has its headquarters in the Sam Houston State Office Building in Downtown Austin. [2] The 68th Legislature of Texas established ...
The second map shows a partition of the counties into 12 regions of Texas, as defined by the Texas comptroller. The table, further below, reports currently listings by county, updated frequently. [a] Regions are defined by the Texas State Comptroller, who has partitioned the state into 12 regions for economic performance reporting, as shown here.
Where: Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, 1800 Congress Ave. Parking: Given the recently reconfigured Capitol Mall, the best parking is found below the museum. The entrance to that garage is ...
The Texas State History Museum in Austin is named for Bullock, who as lieutenant governor pushed for establishment of the facility. Photo taken in 2010. Photo taken in 2010. The Bob Bullock Expressway in Laredo, Texas is an outlying segment of Interstate 35 .
State and Nationally Designated Historic Sites in Wood County, Texas [1]; Marker Or Site Name Location Type Of Marker/Site Birthplace of Ima Hogg: 125 N. Line Street, Mineola, Texas [2]
The building is located at 1019 Brazos Street, immediately south of the old General Land Office building and east of the Dewitt C. Greer State Highway Building. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places along with the Greer Building on January 7, 1998.