tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276753344917804217.post427499025300771940..comments2024-02-23T20:28:03.563-06:00Comments on the NAVASOTA CURRENT: Texas Ranger Badges... and those that want to beRussell Cushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125943782255815588noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276753344917804217.post-17770451230111475532018-02-28T09:21:11.030-06:002018-02-28T09:21:11.030-06:00Were there any Texas ranger badges made from a us ...Were there any Texas ranger badges made from a us silver dollar?Annenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276753344917804217.post-31365328962345457722017-09-19T07:26:12.096-05:002017-09-19T07:26:12.096-05:00HEY RUSSELL, JUST THROWING THIS OUT THERE. I MAY H...HEY RUSSELL, JUST THROWING THIS OUT THERE. I MAY HAVE AN AUTHENTIC TEXAS RANGER BADGE (FINGERS CROSSED) BUT IM NOT SURE BECAUSE THEIR ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT LOOKS. HOW WOULD YOU SUGGEST I AUTHENTICATE IT? ANYONE YOU KNOW OF THAT WOULD BE QUALIFIED TO DO IT? <br /><br />DEFINITELY NOT GETTING MY HOPES UP BUT I GUESS IT DOESNT HURT TO TRY! <br /><br /> sevakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04652935014168487480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276753344917804217.post-11815959468296893292017-08-19T05:15:28.395-05:002017-08-19T05:15:28.395-05:00I really like your blog.Thanks for the post.<
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Thanks for...Impressed alot.I really like your blog.<br />Thanks for the post.<a href="http://www.50percentprint.com/product_info.php?sb=869058baad2869283cab71db99e302dafae74054bec2e1168fc7606161f6d51c" rel="nofollow"> <i> Button Badge Maker </i> </a><br />Srikanthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09875523273352064731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276753344917804217.post-87886762036551859262016-12-17T18:49:44.419-06:002016-12-17T18:49:44.419-06:00Hoping someone here may know better than I, but I ...Hoping someone here may know better than I, but I recently found a belt being represented as a Texas Ranger's leather belt, with sterling buckle, and 16 Mexican pesos ranging from 1932-1938. I'd love to speak with someone who may know more than me. Let's talk :)<br /><br />Thank you!Sarah LaRainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18283052188777150113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276753344917804217.post-6395618724294420132016-04-20T03:12:37.124-05:002016-04-20T03:12:37.124-05:00This article from a Texas newspaper in 1974 explai...This article from a Texas newspaper in 1974 explains what the Special Rangers were. I did a lot of research on the internet and this was the best thing and pretty much the only thing that explained it. <br /><br />https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=19750214&id=N5BPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_VEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4026,3633957&hl=enAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276753344917804217.post-10921826876221494362016-04-19T15:14:33.082-05:002016-04-19T15:14:33.082-05:00Very good site and info!
I have a real Special Te...Very good site and info! <br />I have a real Special Texas Ranger badge made of sterling and hallmarked Sterling with the Haltom Jewelers mark, a diamond with an H inside it. A lot of people do not know that the Texas Rangers commissioned these guys that were Railroad Policemen to give them their arrest powers back before there was a state wide Railroad Police. They are identical to the Clint Peoples Special Ranger badges that are pictured. I have only ever seen 2 Special Ranger badges and both were made by Haltom's. Haltom also had the contract years ago to make the Texas DPS Badges. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276753344917804217.post-33014995985059678212016-01-06T09:53:00.911-06:002016-01-06T09:53:00.911-06:00As to the above observations... Thanks for your co...As to the above observations... Thanks for your comments- agreed on most points... For those who are fatigued by such overwhelming avalanche, I suggest searching by subject in this blog... you will find shorter, yet informative articles that concentrate on particular badges. This has been an ongoing discovery and I have tried to organize it around the very first draft... and it has become long and cumbersome... I hope to create a blog soon that is strictly about Texana... which will give me the chance to better organize the info and serve my readers more effectively. But in the meantime...<br />AND most importantly, I need to feel somewhat confident that the research and development phase has come to a plateau... so when I finally perfect this thing... it will be DONE!Russell Cushmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12125943782255815588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276753344917804217.post-33206863154255606422016-01-06T00:07:02.051-06:002016-01-06T00:07:02.051-06:00An extended, literate, extensively illustrated, de...An extended, literate, extensively illustrated, detailed discussion of Texas Ranger badges! There is simply nothing to compare with it. However, in setting forth its information in such great--and at times repetitious--detail, it can at times be confusing and muddy the waters rather than clarifying them. I would like to see all of this reorganized in such a way that one can easily sort the wheat from the chaff and recognize a phony at 50 paces. My suggestion is that the badges be identified by year if real or the year they wanna be if fake, and be further organized in three sections: absolutely genuine, absolutely fake and could be genuine. If organized in that fashion (preferably side by side) I believe the material may be more readily and more quickly comprehended. In any event, the excellence of the present effort should be recognized and acknowledged. Many thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276753344917804217.post-37700972820008043732015-09-30T15:39:49.434-05:002015-09-30T15:39:49.434-05:00I have a TR badge with hand engraved initials '...I have a TR badge with hand engraved initials 'G W' and the numbers '1101'.<br />Does anyone know a Ranger with those initials or number?<br />moriyah_tobyahnah@yahoo.com<br /><br />Great article.moriyahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276753344917804217.post-79603746904245172992014-11-15T16:22:10.601-06:002014-11-15T16:22:10.601-06:00In 2000, the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum ...In 2000, the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco, Texas offered for sale ($175) a real, issue Texas Ranger Badge, encased in Lucite as a fund raiser. They have never again made that offer. I made the mistake of not buying one at that time, but wrongly believed that they would continue to make this offer. I kick myself every time that I think about my mistake! davidparr4@sbcglobal.net David.DAVID PARRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276753344917804217.post-35444719079919838772014-08-28T10:33:44.657-05:002014-08-28T10:33:44.657-05:00I was lucky enough to have a Captain, Texas Ranger...I was lucky enough to have a Captain, Texas Rangers, as a father AND a Texas Ranger as a father-in-law. Both have since passed away and my husband and I have their badges. These badges are not only rare but are also cherished items we would never consider parting with as they are so closely linked to the memory we have of the Texas Rangers who wore them. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276753344917804217.post-43998940963934471702014-08-19T04:24:27.761-05:002014-08-19T04:24:27.761-05:00Excellant article. I was lucky enough to land my ...Excellant article. I was lucky enough to land my authentic ranger badge about 10 years ago from a firearms collector who had it for sale at a police collector's show. Along with it came a 3 ring binder with approximately 5 pages of provenance including certified and notarized letters from the Texas DPS signed by the ranger's family. I am very happy to have it in my collection and would not part with it. Mike Halasinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276753344917804217.post-85365526271031775632014-07-15T21:42:05.532-05:002014-07-15T21:42:05.532-05:00OK guys and gals- I am always tickled when anybody...OK guys and gals- I am always tickled when anybody leaves a response... But PLEASE use this last entry to be reminded- these comments are made by real people and deserve the benefit of the doubt. Please withhold bitter or unfair judgments based on your own position of distrust. ATTACK ME, or anything you do not like about this blog, but please refrain from attacking my readers who graciously share what they know, or believe... because I will post it... and you will be forever the jerk who trashed an innocent person. <br /><br />Besides, trashing well meaning folks is not a Ranger thing to do!Russell Cushmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12125943782255815588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276753344917804217.post-11471594698870966182014-07-15T15:07:30.773-05:002014-07-15T15:07:30.773-05:00To Wyatt Earp:
It is my post that you called into ...To Wyatt Earp:<br />It is my post that you called into question. Nice detective work - H.A. White WAS my father. (got the birth certificate to prove it)<br />I can only assume that you're confused because I said he was a Ranger for 1 year and yet his file says he was "With the agency for 5 years"<br />The agency in question is the "Texas Department of Public Safety" - of which the Texas Rangers are a branch.<br />He was with the D.P.S. for a total of 5 years - He was a Ranger for the very last one of those 5 years.<br />For the first 4 years he was a D.P.S. patrolman. (Highway Patrol - it's just not called that officially in Texas - it's called the D.P.S) Then he applied and tested for, and was accepted as, a Texas Ranger for his last year of service.<br /><br />That's the very reason that the Rangers hated the "bottle Cap" badges mentioned in the article - they said "Department of Public Safety" on them. (and why he had his own Peso Badge made)<br /><br />And in the hopes that it heads off further confusion - I was born in El Paso the year he was killed (so he was there to get the Peso Badge made in Mexico)- and we had just moved to a suburb of Houston just months before his death. (I was only 10 weeks old)<br /><br />Like I said - nice detective work - but you should have dug deeper before you accused me of "Stealing Valor"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276753344917804217.post-74759870470167705172014-02-21T00:25:19.465-06:002014-02-21T00:25:19.465-06:00Just found your site, and in particular, the range...Just found your site, and in particular, the ranger badge article . I was lucky enough to acquire a real named badge about 13 years ago with a binder of provenance (including two certified DPS letters) to go along with it from a party who obtained it from the family decades before I obtained it. The coin it is made from is one of the 1900 era republic pesos. I was able to find an antique sterling silver watch chain & knife that it is attached to. Your site trumps the info on the ranger hall of fame web page by tons. Good job! Mike H., Green Bay, WI.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276753344917804217.post-14643418469352891182014-02-01T03:46:15.866-06:002014-02-01T03:46:15.866-06:00Anonymous post on May 29, 2013 at 7:52 PM claims &...Anonymous post on May 29, 2013 at 7:52 PM claims "My Father was a Texas Ranger from 1960 to 1961 when he was killed in the line of duty."<br /><br />^^This (according to official records) is a false claim. There is ONLY ONE Texas Ranger death in, or near, that time frame and that death DOES NOT match the description provided by that particular anonymous poster. You can reference the information I have provided as follows.<br /><br />http://www.odmp.org/officer/14079-ranger-homer-a-white<br />Ranger<br />Homer A. White<br />Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Rangers, Texas<br /><br />End of Watch: Friday, December 8, 1961<br /><br />"Ranger Homer White and Polygraph Operator Oscar Brett were killed when the patrol car they were in was struck by a train while en route to a murder investigation."<br /><br />"Ranger White had been with the agency for 5 years."<br /><br />Why do I bring this to your attention? <br /><br />First - I [honestly] found the "poster's" story interesting.<br /><br />Second - I am related to [at least] two Texas Rangers. Richard Fowler who served with the Frontier Forces 1873. I also have an Uncle that is a retired Ranger out of Company "B", Brantley Foster. Foster is still living and is now the Director of the Former Texas Rangers foundation, among other obligations. <br /><br />Third - I am a combat disabled, medically retired, military Veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan. I had 10 years in, 4 years between Iraq and Afghanistan. I was injured outside of Balad, Iraq in 2005 during combat operations. I EARNED everything I have; so, it really gets my goat when people who have never served in the military TRY to claim stolen valor. People with NO legal claim TRY to claim. To me it is no different with the Texas Rangers and defending their heritage too, against stolen valor.<br /><br />Lastly - I love to research Ranger history, at least as applicable to my genealogy. My family is [currently] in the process of researching other possible ties to TR history. Hopefully there are more; if not, I'm satisfied with what we have and am proud.<br /><br />Your site is AWESOME and I will continue to return and browse. Thanks for your research, it's superb.<br /><br />Thank you,<br />Tex FowlerAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17238662640599610158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276753344917804217.post-10089588711330131932013-11-10T17:51:24.024-06:002013-11-10T17:51:24.024-06:00Insurance tends to cover "The Cost Of Replace...Insurance tends to cover "The Cost Of Replacement"<br />And seeing as how you CAN'T replace a piece of Texas history like the badge you have, my advice would be to invest in a safe deposit box at your bank.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276753344917804217.post-85423909603213267952013-09-20T00:42:15.990-05:002013-09-20T00:42:15.990-05:00Very interesting post and all the badges you have ...Very interesting post and all the badges you have presented here are very unique. I have never seen such badges, keep updating.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.badgelink.com.au/index.php/by-industry/large-business-franchises" rel="nofollow">Corporate Name Badges</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12550332356102591684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276753344917804217.post-62305092604034586452013-08-09T13:37:51.127-05:002013-08-09T13:37:51.127-05:00In 1986 the Tom Keilman Auction House sold “the Ra...In 1986 the Tom Keilman Auction House sold “the Raymond Brown Collection” In the collection were Frank Hamer were personal effects including badges, guns, and id’s, including letters from Mrs. Hamer and Frank Hamer, Jr.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276753344917804217.post-67737061382490824482013-07-29T13:27:02.787-05:002013-07-29T13:27:02.787-05:00Our family descends from some of the first Texas R...Our family descends from some of the first Texas Rangers. Their graves were recently marked in a ceremony by the Texas Rangers to acknowledge their contributions as the first Texas Rangers (see Captain James Cunningham) - we have a Badge from the family and would never part with it. But I wonder the value for insurance purposes. Can anyone help with that? I'm not sure if it belonged to the Captain or one of his sons - it looks like the plain "original" badge. SCOTT7778@MSN.COMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276753344917804217.post-5283617918162327452013-05-29T19:52:55.796-05:002013-05-29T19:52:55.796-05:00I loved this article. But one thing to keep in min...I loved this article. But one thing to keep in mind...<br />My Father was a Texas Ranger from 1960 to 1961 when he was killed in the line of duty. This was during the "Blue Bottle Cap" badges that the Rangers HATED. <br />He was stationed in El Paso when he first became a Ranger, and being a traditionalist, he hopped over the border & had a street merchant make him a peso badge out of a 5 dollar peso. He thought it was great, although it's very crude looking.<br />But that didn't stop him from going home and putting the "Bottle Cap" badge in a drawer & pinning the peso badge on - and that's the badge he wore everyday & the badge he had pinned to his chest when he was killed.<br />Now you tell me - is that a REAL Texas Ranger badge? He had it made on his own - it looks very crude (being done by a street merchant) but it was commissioned by an honest-to-God Ranger & worn by him while on duty.<br />But without telling the "experts" who I am & where this badge came from - every single one has told me it's a fake. <br />So take heart...some of you may truly own a genuine badge - including the writer of this article.<br />You have to realize that my dad was not the only Ranger to go have their own badges made in the 50'6 & 60's. Lots (if not all) of them did.<br />The one REAL reason I would be suspicious of a Ranger peso badge is because the only people who would have one (that's less than a hundred years old) would either be the Ranger, or his family. <br />And you can take it from the son of a Ranger - there's no way in hell we'd ever sell it! <br />Now I suppose the odds are that some Ranger must have died with no relatives and his badge went out into the world as a collectors item. That's not only extremely possible, it's extremely likely. But there can't be the thousands that you see for sale on the internet. Hell, there's never been that many Rangers.<br />Happy Hunting. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276753344917804217.post-13095134616234142502013-02-28T12:43:28.981-06:002013-02-28T12:43:28.981-06:00I have a replica badge stamped on the reverse, &qu...I have a replica badge stamped on the reverse, "Allen Stamp and Seal Co. Kansas City". I'm waiting for a response from the Allen Company to see when it was produced. they are one of the oldest companies in Kansas City (1874). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276753344917804217.post-79766111697758880272013-01-28T17:10:58.883-06:002013-01-28T17:10:58.883-06:00Best article on TR badges and authenticity ever.
T...Best article on TR badges and authenticity ever.<br />The TR Hall of Fame needs to hire this man and ditch their amateur 'experts'. This cowboy should be the go to guy for museums and auction houses.<br />He, alone, has put together so many disconnections as to make the TR Hall of Fame look like misinformation experts.<br />Go Russell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com