Robert E. Lee statue standing in what was then Lee Park. (David Taffet/Dallas Voice) Whatever happened to the statue that was removed from Turtle Creek Park after several attempts to lift it off its plinth failed?
It recently turned up on a golf course in West Texas. The statue of Robert E. Lee that was removed from what is now called Turtle Creek Park in 2017 stands in Lajitas Golf Resort, located between Big Bend National Park and Big Bend State Park on the U.S.-Mexico border, according to the New York Daily News.
The closest city is Terlingua, population 110 with no black residents. The city of Dallas auctioned off the statue and was purchased by Kelcy Warren, CEO of Energy Transfer Partners.