In 1970, a Texas couple refused to sell land inside a proposed national park; in 1972, a court awarded them $55,000 and lifetime rights to remain

In West Texas, Walter and Bertha Glover found themselves embroiled in a land dispute when federal authorities aimed to acquire their property for the new Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Despite years of resistance to selling their cherished home and business, the couple eventually received $55,000 for their eighty-acre estate. Their experience sheds light on the complex struggle between individual property rights and the push for public conservation efforts.