In 1903 Adina de Zavala, granddaughter of Texas’ first vice president, called upon Clara Driscoll with a dire plea to save the Alamo. The grounds had fallen into disrepair, limestone was chipped away as souvenirs, and there was talk of commercializing the building and grounds.
Heiress and philanthropist Driscoll wrote a check for $70,000. (Approximately $2.6 million in today’s terms.) Legislation w…
