The Legend of Jeremiah Johnson

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 homesteader known as Jeremiah Johnson. In this century many people have circulated memes of his caracter in the internet. But most importantly, Johnson's personal history is revealed through records in our GLO collection! Read more about this Record of the Week in our Story Maps.

The GLO web site provides live access to Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States, including image access to more than 12 million Federal land title records issued between 1788 and the present.

The site also hosts images of survey plats and field notes, land status records, and control document index records, and is the most visited website in the Department of the Interior. Visit glorecords.blm.gov for more information.