Republic of Texas (group)

[4] The issue of the legal status of Texas led the group to claim to have reinstated a provisional government on December 13, 1995.

[7] The movement split into three factions in 1996, one led by McLaren, one by David Johnson and Jesse Enloe, and the third by Archie Lowe and Daniel Miller.

[8][9] McLaren's wife, Evelyn, convinced him to surrender peacefully after a week-long standoff with police and Texas Rangers.

Matson was shot dead by Texas Rangers two days later, while Keyes surrendered to the authorities on September 19.

In June 1998, Keyes was convicted of burglary with intent to commit aggravated assault and sentenced to 90 years in prison.

This interim government claimed authority from the original proclamations of 1995 and set up a headquarters in the town of Overton, Texas.

He said that the sliver of land which contains Aspen was a part of the original Republic of Texas and, as such, he was not a citizen of the United States.