Texas Ranger Heritage Center (proposed) / Old Fort Martin Scott

The Former Texas Rangers Foundation signed a deal with Fredericksburg in 2011 to build a museum complex honoring the oldest state law enforcement agency in America — one that traces its roots to Stephen F. Austin's original call to protect settlers in Mexican Texas. The foundation spent $8 million on the 12-acre site, erecting a bell tower, a Ranger Ring of Honor, and an amphitheater. The museum itself was never built. The city eventually evicted the foundation and sued it for failing to account for public funds.