Texas Almanac, 1958-1959 Page: 81
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Remains of Old Dolores, Escandon's colony on Rio Grande below Laredo.
Preserving the Texas Record
LANDMARKS OF TEXAS HISTORYDuring 1957 two long forward steps were
taken toward better preservation of Texas'
historic documents, buildings and other evi-
dences of a memorable past. One of these was
the passage of a bill by the Fifty-fifth Legis-Espada Mission, San Antonio.
lature making the Texas Historical Survey
Committee a permanent state agency. The
other was an appropriation by the Legislature
for a building that will house the Texas State
Library and Archives.
The original Texas Historical Survey Com-
mittee was established as a temporary agency
in 1953 at the suggestion of Gov. Allan Shiv-
ers. Its principal purpose was to make an
inventory of Texas historical documents,
buildings and other witnesses to the state's
heroic record, and to make recommendations
for a future policy aimed at preserving the
historic record in all forms.
Among the principal accomplishments of
the committee in its temporary stage were
the completion of the inventory of historic
places and the organization of more than
100 local committees for the purpose of carry-
ing forward the program on a state-wide scale.
On the following pages is a summary of
the varied historic development of Texas
which has endowed it with many sites and
structures of great significance. The principal
communities of historic importance through-
out the state are mentioned, together with
some of the individual buildings. However, it
is not the purpose of this article to present a
*catalogue, but to give typical examples. This
article aims primarily to show the background
and origins from which the various types of
Texas historic communities sprang. Notations
on many more historic cities, towns, build-
ings and other things of interest will be
found in the articles descriptive of Texas
counties, cities and towns in the last 160
pages of this volume,
*A comprehensive list of Texas historic land-
marks was printed in the Texas Almanac, 1956-
1957. under a county list arranged in alphabetical
order. (Pages 80-110.)
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Texas Almanac, 1958-1959, book, 1957; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth117139/m1/83/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.