under the treaty of annexation in exchange for 4 or 5 states worth of land east New Mex/ OK/CO/KS/WY Texas kept all it’s public lands fed paid $5,000,000 and assumed all Republic of TX debt which they were supposed to pay off in silver but instead paid off in US bonds the sorry crooksIt is my understanding that after the Civil War, that Texas was the only state that did not cede any land back to the federal government. Although their may be bases, it's the fact that the land does not fall under the federal corporation, ie Warranty Deeds. Anybody from Texas want to chime in?
that’s why Texas has $$$ in it’s permanet university fund they keep the mineral rights to what land they do sell/lease