Deep in West Texas, along US Highway 62/180 at the base of the Guadalupe Mountains, a land dispute unfolded. According to the National Park Service database, Walter Glover purchased land near Pine Springs as early as 1913, and in 1914 he and his wife, Bertha, began developing a tourist stop there. Over the following four decades, the couple transformed their remote homestead into a roadside stop for cross-country motorists. They built a gas station, a general store, a small café, and several rustic guesthouses to serve long-distance drivers travelling between El Paso and Carlsbad. However, their peaceful life was disrupted in 1964 when federal authorities announced that their eighty-acre property was slated for inclusion in the proposed Guadalupe Mountains National Park. The couple said they would not voluntarily give up their home and business to government buyers.
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