As much as any Texas Ranger who served in the last half century, Joaquin Jackson knew well what fellow Captain C.J. Havrda meant about being a part of...

Big Foot Wallace with Fellow Ranger and Biographer A.J. Sowell [Texas Rangers]. William "Bigfoot" - Available at 2013 September 21 Legends of...

Mess with these ol' boys and they'll fill ya full of lead and walk out the door.

1878 - Picture of two Texas Rangers, Tom & Andy Zickefoose. The man in the middle is unidentified!

This Ranger, whose identity is lost to time, is dressed in functional cowboy gear that is typical of clothing worn by the Rocky Mountain Rangers. His hat identifies the one concession to military dress code: the upturned brim signifies affiliation with the Canadian Militia. The 1876 Winchester .45-75 was the Rangers’ weapons of choice. This Ranger also has a Smith & Wesson New Model No. 3 single-action revolver tucked in in his chaps. – Courtesy Glenbow Archives NA-670-5 –

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Texas Ranger Capt. John R. Hughes' Engraved Colt Quickdraw Model Single Action Army Revolver

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The search for a real Texas Ranger badge is the collecting version of the Agony and the Ecstasy... and mostly agony. If you are researching a Texas Ranger badge, happily shining on your computer desk, take a deep breath, and prepare yourself for a reality check. Here is a real Texas Ranger badge from the "Old West." Plain and simple and probably nothing like what you have seen... Note the strange serifs on the A's. This is the grand-daddy of them all... from the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame in…

The search for a real Texas Ranger badge is the collecting version of the Agony and the Ecstasy... and mostly agony. If you are researching a Texas Ranger badge, happily shining on your computer desk, take a deep breath, and prepare yourself for a reality check. Here is a real Texas Ranger badge from the "Old West." Plain and simple and probably nothing like what you have seen... Note the strange serifs on the A's. This is the grand-daddy of them all... from the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame in…

39 Slaughter’s CowboysA Texas Ranger during the Civil War before becoming a cattle businessman, Texas John Slaughter opened his final ranch near Douglas, Arizona. Robert G. McCubbin, the world’s foremost Old West photo collector, says this circa 1885 cabinet card of his cowboys is the best group photo of real working frontier cowboys.– Courtesy Robert G. McCubbin Collection –

Ira Aten (September 3, 1862 – August 5, 1953) was a Texas Ranger who was inducted into the Texas Rangers Hall of Fame.

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