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Texas History Minute: How Clara Driscoll saved the Alamo

It was a run-down series of old buildings in the bustling downtown of a growing city. Its use had long been forgotten by many residents and once-storied importance largely discounted by an impatient populace racing to build a modern city. By the early 1900s, the Alamo was about to fall once again, this time to the ravages of neglect and the drive for urban development. One determined Texan, Clara Driscoll, led a group of women to preserve the Alamo site for all time.

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