General Land Office Records

General Land Office Record of the Week

Each week, the Bureau of Land Management releases a story map featuring unique records from the General Land Office records collection.

Record of the week shortlist map

Montezuma Well
This week's interesting General Land Office record features a survey plat that displays a historic landmark, the Montezuma Well. The well, a detached part of...
Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp, famous for his partaking in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, was a man of colorful history and...
Elko, Nevada.JPG
Elko lies along the Humboldt River in northeastern Nevada and is the largest city for over 130 miles in all directions. Despite its population of...
Oregon City.JPG
This week's story map brings us to Oregon City, the location of the first GLO office in Oregon and one of the oldest communities on...
Halloween ROTW.JPG
This General Land Office Record of the Week showcases the mysterious realm of North American cryptids in a collaborative effort by the ROTW team. Step...