Last year Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush fired the people in charge of running the Alamo, one of Texas’s most hallowed tourist destinations. The group, known as the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, had managed the monument for more than a century. As reported in The Texas Tribune, the move ignited a long feud over a library collection held on the grounds of the state-owned monument in San Antonio. Now, the state and the former Alamo managers have reached a settlement.
The Texas General Land Office at last agreed it does not own the contents of the collection. As a result, Bush's office said it would relinquish the collection and reimburse the DRT for $200,000 in legal expenses.
The Daughters of the Republic of Texas had accused Bush and the state of attempting an "unconstitutional taking" of private property. DRT lawyer Lamont Jefferson cheered the settlement.
