| 1886 |
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The estate of Honore Grenet sells the Alamo convent property
to Charles Hugo, Gustav Schmeltzer, and William Heuermann
for $28,000.
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| 1890 |
| Hugo, Schmeltzer, and Heuermann sell the convent property to Reagan Houston for $160,000. |
| 1891 |
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The first Battle of Flowers is held in San Antonio, with
a parade through Alamo Plaza.
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| 1892 |
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Reagan Houston releases the Alamo property back to Hugo,
Schmeltzer and Heuermann for satisfaction of the unpaid balance
of purchase.
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| 1893 |
A
San Antonio women's group led by Adina De Zavala affiliates
with the Daughters of the Republic of Texas and makes preservation
of the Alamo one of its goals.
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| 1900 |
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Hugo, Schmeltzer and Heuermann convey the
convent property to Hugo and Schmeltzer Co. for $75,000.
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| 1903 |
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Hugo and Schmeltzer Co. conveys the convent
property to Charles Hugo for $75,000, subject to an option to
purchase submitted by Clara Driscoll.
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| 1905 |
The Texas Legislature appropriates $65,000 for the purchase of convent
property, to be delivered with the Alamo church, to the custody
and care of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. At the request
of the state, conditions regarding the use of the property are
removed. Clara Driscoll conveys the convent property to State
of Texas for $65,000. Claims to the property are relinquished
by the Catholic Church, the City of San Antonio, and the Daughters
of the Republic of Texas. The title to the convent property
is then conveyed from Clara Driscoll to the State of Texas,
and custody is granted to the DRT.
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| 1908 |
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Fearing commercial development of Alamo property, Adina De Zavala, granddaughter of Lorenzo de Zavala, the Mexican-born vice president of the Republic of Texas, barricaded herself in the convento, drawing national attention to the site. She desired that the mission period of the Alamo be emphasized and proposed that a two-story, arcaded convento be constructed as the principal structure (see above). Ladies led by Clara Driscoll supported a plan emphasizing the Texas revolutionary period, with the church as the principal structure.
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| 1911 |
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The first motion picture account of the Battle of the Alamo,
The Immortal Alamo, is filmed near Mission San José
and Hot Wells Hotel.
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| 1912 |
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Governor Oscar B. Colquitt also favored a full-scale restoration
of the convento and cancelled the order granting custody of the Alamo
property to the DRT. The proposal to reconstruct the convento was abandoned
when the lieutenant governor engineered the removal of the structure's second
story during one of Colquitt's absences from the state. Led by Clara Driscoll, the DRT obtained an
injunction preventing the state from initiating any reconstruction work on the property.
Their case was upheld on appeal in 1913, allowing the DRT to remain as custodians of the site.
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