Dallas took down a statue of former Confederate General Robert E. Lee more than four years ago and now the controversial statue has a new home in a west Texas border town.
The massive bronze statue of Robert E. Lee and another confederate officer riding horses was taken down from Turtle Creek Park in Dallas in September of 2017.
The city of Dallas sold the statue in an online auction for a reported $1.4 millions. According to reports, a law firm bought the statue, and it's now on display at a resort in Terlingua, Texas, west of Big Bend National park.
Dallas billionaire Kelsy Warren owns the 27,000-acre resort, and the company received the statue as a donation in 2019.
The sculpture, created in 1935 by Alexander Phimister Proctor was among several confederate monuments featuring Robert E. Lee around the U.S. that were removed from public view amid the fallout over racial violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017, according to NBCDFW.com
The manager of the resort Scott Beasley, president of Dallas-based WSB Resorts and Clubs, says the statue serves no intent but to preserve a fabulous piece of art.
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