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4 unusual facts about General Land Office


Afognak Forest

Afognak Forest and Fish Culture was established by the General Land Office in Alaska on December 24, 1892 as a forest preserve.

Alaska Range

A map made by the General Land Office in 1869 calls the southwestern part of the Alaska Range the "Chigmit Mountains" and the northeastern part the "Beaver Mountains".

San Gabriel Timberland Reserve

The General Land Office was the federal agency in charge of administering publiic lands from 1812 to 1934.

Sierra Forest Reserve

The General Land Office which was responsible for management of public lands, sent Benjamin Allen to investigate and report back, which he did, recommending a set aside of land called Tulare Reserve.


Louis Glavis

In 1909, Glavis was an agent of the Department's General Land Office's Field Division in the northwestern United States and was based in Portland, Oregon.

SpaceX private launch site

In September 2013, the State of Texas General Land Office (GLO) and Cameron County signed an agreement outlining how beach closures would be handled in order to support a future SpaceX launch schedule.


see also

Jerry Patterson

Jerry E. Patterson (born 1946), Commissioner of the General Land Office of Texas, USA

Mount Perry, Ohio

Three months later, on Dec. 10, 1817, his official patent (#2346) was signed by President James Monroe and Josiah Meigs, Commissioner of the General Land-Office.