Upon purchasing his little piece of heaven along FM 150 nine years ago, Driftwood area resident Casey Cutler always maintained the land he stood on was sacred ground. 

But it wasn’t until recently that Cutler discovered his land, along with the area along FM 150 in Driftwood, was once part of a land grant issued to famed Alamo defender William Barret Travis more than a century ago.

Ever since then, Cutler, with the help of many others, is advocating to local and state lawmakers to preserve...