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On September 29, 2010, Chevron, Atlantic Richfield, ConocoPhillips, and [[ExxonMobil]], which held the remaining Twichell papers, donated the surveys to the office of the Texas General Land Office under then Commissioner [[Jerry Patterson]] and since 2015, [[George P. Bush]].<ref name=papers>{{cite web|url=http://www.glo.texas.gov/glo_news/press_releases/2010/SEPTEMBER/Twichell-papers.html|title=Legendary land surveying papers donated to Texas General Land Office|publisher=glo.texas.gov, September 29, 2010|accessdate=May 3, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref> Altogether Twichell laid out more than forty towns and surveyed in 165 of the 254 Texas counties.<ref name=papers/> Patterson reflected on Twichell's long-term significance to Texas history and development. Twichell surveyed the developing areas along the Texas and [[New Mexico]] boundary, marked lands giving rise to the XIT Ranch, helped to build railroads, developed the funding mechanism for part of the costs of public education, and provided for the abundant exploration of [[petroleum]] and [[natural gas]].<ref name=papers/>
On September 29, 2010, Chevron, Atlantic Richfield, ConocoPhillips, and [[ExxonMobil]], which held the remaining Twichell papers, donated the surveys to the office of the Texas General Land Office under then Commissioner [[Jerry Patterson]] and since 2015, [[George P. Bush]].<ref name=papers>{{cite web|url=http://www.glo.texas.gov/glo_news/press_releases/2010/SEPTEMBER/Twichell-papers.html|title=Legendary land surveying papers donated to Texas General Land Office|publisher=glo.texas.gov, September 29, 2010|accessdate=May 3, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref> Altogether Twichell laid out more than forty towns and surveyed in 165 of the 254 Texas counties.<ref name=papers/> Patterson reflected on Twichell's long-term significance to Texas history and development. Twichell surveyed the developing areas along the Texas and [[New Mexico]] boundary, marked lands giving rise to the XIT Ranch, helped to build railroads, developed the funding mechanism for part of the costs of public education, and provided for the abundant exploration of [[petroleum]] and [[natural gas]].<ref name=papers/>
His survey also extended into [[Arizona]]. In 1901, Twichell was called upon to survey the Spindletop oil field near [[Beaumont, Texas|Beaumont]] in southeastern Texas. His surveying brought him into contact with such figures as the legenday [[justice of the peace]], Roy Bean of Langtry, Texas, as well as author, [[O. Henry]], cattleman Charles Goodnight, and the Comanche chief Quanah Parker. He trained the Lubbock surveyor Sylvan Sanders.<ref name=ttu/> Twichell surveyed 15 million total acres, having averaged twenty miles in a typical day. He derived much satisfaction from his work because it demand constant mental activity and allowed him the benefits of travel. Only one mistake was found in Twichell's work, and that was made by an associate.<ref name=wtha/>
His survey also extended into [[Arizona]]. In 1901, Twichell was called upon to survey the Spindletop oil field near Beaumont in southeastern Texas. His surveying brought him into contact with such figures as the legenday [[justice of the peace]], Roy Bean of Langtry, Texas, as well as the author, [[O. Henry]], cattleman Charles Goodnight, and the Comanche chief Quanah Parker. He trained the Lubbock surveyor Sylvan Sanders.<ref name=ttu/> Twichell surveyed 15 million total acres, having averaged twenty miles in a typical day. He derived much satisfaction from his work because it demand constant mental activity and allowed him the benefits of travel. Only one mistake was found in Twichell's work, and that was made by an associate.<ref name=wtha/>
A limestone rock used as a surveying reference point when Twichell drew the north and west lines of Lamb County is on display at the Texas Last Frontier Museum in Morton in Cochran County. The rock bears the vestige of an inscription that could refer to the Capitol Syndicate, which built the state Capitol in return for vast acreage in ten Panhandle counties.<ref>Tai D. Kriedler, executive director of West Texas Historical Association, memorandum to members, June 20, 2013.</ref>
A limestone rock used as a surveying reference point when Twichell drew the north and west lines of Lamb County is on display at the Texas Last Frontier Museum in Morton in Cochran County. The rock bears the vestige of an inscription that could refer to the Capitol Syndicate, which built the state Capitol in return for vast acreage in ten Panhandle counties.<ref>Tai D. Kriedler, executive director of West Texas Historical Association, memorandum to members, June 20, 2013.</ref>