History

The Bureau of Land Management is taking a big step forward in protecting and sharing some of the nation’s most important historical land documents. The agency is launching the first phase of a modernized General Land Office (GLO) records system, set to go live on July 13, 2026.

As America marks its 250th anniversary, the Bureau of Land Management is celebrating in Oregon by connecting communities with public lands that help tell the nation’s story.

Across the Eastern States region of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), four nationally significant trails—each rich in culture, ecology, and history—invite visitors to walk, ride, or paddle through landscapes that have shaped America’s identity.

On a June morning at the Sublette County Public Library in Pinedale, Wyoming, about 150 kids settled in for story time. What they did not know was that the story that day would reach back millions of years into prehistoric time.

Rising 120 feet above the banks of the Yellowstone River, Pompeys Pillar stands as a sandstone sentinel of the American West.