Coins placed on a tombstone have a meaning. Penny: You are showing respect. Nickle: You trained together. Dime: You served together at some point. Quarter: You were with that person when they died.
Yes they are! Certainly makes sense. Something else I noticed was bothof their wives had the maiden name Johnson. I couldn't find a connection though so maybe it's just a coincidence? Not sure. Thank you for watching my friend
The coins are military tradition. Penny- You visited Nickel- You were in boot camp with the person Dime- You served in some compacity with the person Quarter- You were with the deceased when they were killed. Great video. Thanks for chasing history.
Came here not expecting much. Very cool and informative video. I really enjoyed it, since the first I'd ever heard of Frank Hamer was his farcical portrayal in the 1967 Bonnie and Clyde film...
That was outstanding! A young Ken Burns! I say anyone who fights the Klan to that degree in history is tops in my book. They were really interesting men. What a wild time in history they lived in. A great story!
Thanks for the video. I have some steel pennies I leave on WW2 veterans stones dated in the war years. I have three I visit on memorial day. Friends of mine and my father. One drove a landing craft at Iwo, Siapan, Okinowa. one was in the third wave at Omaha Beach , captured at the Battle of the Buldge with a thousand others, POW. One was at the landing at Anzio wounded in France and has a Silver and Bronze Star marking on his headstone.
I like that you're doing that. I have some steel pennies but not enough to do that. Those men that you mentioned have always been my heroes. Hearing about the one who was in the Battle of Athens Buldge and then captured makes me think of Hardrock Gunter. Thanks for doing what you do to keep their memory going.
many thanks Rhetty another interesting video...been to that cemetery along with several others you have posted...our Mom used to take us to places like that connecting historical dots and ancestors
That's awesome your Mom used to take you around showing you history and different cemeteries! My parents never did that but I just started doing it on my own. Thanks for watching and sharing your memory!
The new movie gives Hamer and Fault they respect they deserve. Tough men from the 1800s who went from chasing criminals on horse back to cars. When given a job, they got it done , no matter what it took.
It's a little exaggerated but it does give them a lot more respect. He was 16 years old in 1900. He would not have done any chasing criminals in the 1800s.
It's always nice to see friends buried close together. Too bad they refused to work for a woman. They seemed like pretty good guys, until you said that. I know it was a different time, but sadly, not that much has changed in all the years since.
You also have to put some context in with that. There was a lot of corruption in Texas. Her husband, Pa Ferguson was Governor and got impeached. She then became governor and somehow stayed in office. Then she was elected into office so it was really like the corruption never left. There had to be a reason why she didn't want Texas Rangers around. Less law enforcement means more criminal opportunity. Ma Ferguson was a rough woman and not easy for anyone to get along with. Texas definitely has it's share of characters and many of them came up here to Oklahoma. Thanks for watching my friend!
Thank you Jon! I have a lot left to cover on the whole story. Other gang members, officers and places. I'm hoping to dive into more of it within the next year. Thanks for watching!
Have a book about Raymond. Bank he put out of business is still there in Cedar Hill, TX. I think Raymond was busted out of the bloody ham by Clyde out of guilt, because of a misidentification of another early criminal in a botched robbery. Lancaster Bank foundation is still there. tiles almost completely removed after the tornado that destroyed it.
Just came across this vid and I enjoy any coverage that gives these two their due. The Canadian Coin that you show is called a Toonie. Here in Canada we do not have $1 nor $2 bills, we have coins instead. The $1 coin has a water bird called a Loon on it and the coin has be called a Loonie pretty much since day one. The $2 despite having a Polar Bear on in has been stuck with the nickname Toonie, as in 2 ones it has even been spelled Twoonie. It was great to see the Toonie on Gault's marker, though sad Hamer didn't have one as well. Plus one more bit for you. You mentioned the first man Hamer arrested, a bit more to it. The man was in fact Hamer's employer at the time who had shot Hamer in the back and Hamer survived and escaped when a colored field hand found him and took him home and had his wife look after him while he went to find Hamer's family. It is this action that it is believed that gave him the lifetime of respect that he had for people of colour and fueled his actions with the KKK and his hatred of Lynchings. Thanks again for a great vid...
First job out of Law School, years later a close associate worked in Scurry County, got a Bicycle and Aquarium with the first paychecks, and a stray Labrador on the road to Roscoe, named him after a Deputy from the Dukes, R.P. Puppydawg, Peace3ed
My mother told me that captain Frank Hamer is my 2nd cousin and my grand father Joe Wolf is cousin to captain Frank Hamer and Joe Wolf father O.P.Pack Wolf was a marshal of Snyder Texas and Scurry county from 1906 to 1926 and he was also a honorary Texas Ranger.My great grand mother was Martha Sims and she had a sister,Gladys Johnson Sims who became Gladys Johnson Hamer.I'm proud of my great grand father and my 2nd cousin.
We run a firing range and reloading shop in South Texas. Folks come to our range from all over, including Canada, Mexico, and Australia. Some folks like to keep a bullet as a souvenir. Shy of a firing pin striking the blasting cap, or the bullet ending up in a burning fire, the bullet will not explode. You can pull the projectile off, separate it from the casing, and remove the gunpowder. You can also remove the blasting cap and powder, then reassemble it, rendering it into what is known as a ‘dummy round’. Or you can make a dummy round by not adding powder to the casing. This would turn the bullet into a non-firing keepsake/memento. I don’t know if the bullet left at the gravesite is an actual live round, but with the mowers and weed-eaters used out there, that would be reckless!
I just researched for an hour trying to find why Maney Gault Freemason symbol has a "C" instead of "G" in the square and compass symbol. Couldn't find any answers
No I didn't even realize they had one there. I know they have a Texas Ranger Museum in Waco that I have been wanting to go to. We just didn't have the time and the girls aren't interested in that sort of thing. Sarah and I or just myself will have to take a trip down there and cover more in Texas. There is just so much I want to cover down there. It's full of history.
My great grandfather was a Methvin. I've been told that Bonnie and Clyde broke out of prison with Henry or they broke him out of prison. Henry also drove their car for them for a while until his dad had them set up for the ambush.
Frank Hamer was a straight up gun hand. Thing is, He was who was sent when the talking was over. If you read his history, seems like he was born about 50 years too late.
You're right. He was really the last of the great western lawmen. He was once asked if it was true he had killed 50 men and he changed the subject not wanting to boast or brag. There are documented stories of him cleaning up towns and doing it without firing a shot. So regardless of current opinion with Bonnie and Clyde be was not a trigger happy man. He was never proud of what he had to do to Bonnie especially. But he did get the job done. Bob Alcorn and Ted Hinton had already had their run in with Bonnie and Clyde and they all knew how they had to be taken.
Fighting the KKK, saving a lot of African Americans from lynching and killing Bonnie and Clyde what wonderful, brave men they were. Who would want to marry a woman though, that shot her husband in front of her children. How did the law let her off when she did it in front of witnesses at the court ? Thanks for your hard work on this one. ❤️Jodie 🇦🇺
He really was a different breed of man. He has some big accomplishments but seems to only get recognition for Bonnie and Clyde. Thank you for watching Jodie!
@@swansfan6944 he was a former Civil war vet who fought in the Confederate side but later on in the war, he deserted the army because he felt delusioned to the Confederacys cause and and that stuff. He formed a guerilla miltia full of other deserters and escaped slaves and fought the Confederecy from the 1860s to early 70s. He married a black women and had children. He died in 1922 in his 80s.
I wish you would do some more Bonnie & Clyde!! So many just spread rumors, just repeat what they have heard & so all the sensationalism or ghost hunts lol
Anytime you are visiting a Texas cemetery you should scan across the headstones looking for the Texas Ranger cross. There is usually a good story to research there.
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When I was around 10 years old a trailer came to town and it had Bonnie & Clydes death car in it and also Hitlers touring car and they charged a couple bucks to see it there was several of the guns of Bonnie & Clyde in this trailer on the wall also
500 miles per day on those roads and speeds I call BS. It takes me 11 hours from Central Cal to Yuma Az 555 miles only stopping for fuel and food, on today’s interstates an at 70 plus Mph. And I won’t do it day after day.
I never knew that they were both Freemasons. Both headstones have the Square and Compasses. The only Texas Ranger I ever knew was Roy Williams. I believe he was a captain as well. He was my friend and a member of my lodge. Ironically the name of the lodge is "Texas 8". I'm no longer a member, I got tired of the politics 😴.
The hero out lived his son, sad. I wonder if that's what contributed to Frank's decline in health. Frank had also been shot quite a few times in his past, maybe he still carried some bullets and had lead poisoning?
Pair of mad dogs were bonny and clyde John Dillinger said he'd like to kill them for stirring up the law so bad. If anybody ever deserved a movie it was Hamer and Gault . That nearly came to be, Powers Boothe was interested in playing Hamer Possibly Walter Hill directing. Anyhow it never worked out . I bet Michael Mann would do a great job on it!
That makes the whole story much more person in her family. At some point I'll be doing a story on her uncle and the other victims. Thanks for watching.
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Coins placed on a tombstone have a meaning.
Penny: You are showing respect.
Nickle: You trained together.
Dime: You served together at some point.
Quarter: You were with that person when they died.
I have a quarter to deliver, thanks Daniel
RIP to the Highwaymen
Frank Hamer is my cousin thanks for showing this
You're welcome and that's quite a relation you have there. Thanks for watching and sharing that.
Great video Rhett! I had no clue their final resting place was so near each other! Still partners after death! Cool!
Yes they are! Certainly makes sense. Something else I noticed was bothof their wives had the maiden name Johnson. I couldn't find a connection though so maybe it's just a coincidence? Not sure. Thank you for watching my friend
The coins are military tradition.
Penny- You visited
Nickel- You were in boot camp with the person
Dime- You served in some compacity with the person
Quarter- You were with the deceased when they were killed.
Great video. Thanks for chasing history.
Came here not expecting much. Very cool and informative video. I really enjoyed it, since the first I'd ever heard of Frank Hamer was his farcical portrayal in the 1967 Bonnie and Clyde film...
Thank you for watching Paul!
Thank you Rhett a good history lesson again. What great men they were
You're welcome. They were definitely men who were willing to step up when so many others failed. Thanks for watching.
That was outstanding! A young Ken Burns! I say anyone who fights the Klan to that degree in history is tops in my book. They were really interesting men. What a wild time in history they lived in. A great story!
Thank you Annie. He really had a lot of achievements. Many of them have been forgotten about. Thanks for watching.
Always enjoy the back story to all of your videos. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! I'm glad to hear you enjoy them. I appreciate you watching and commenting!
Thanks for the video. I have some steel pennies I leave on WW2 veterans stones dated in the war years. I have three I visit on memorial day. Friends of mine and my father. One drove a landing craft at Iwo, Siapan, Okinowa. one was in the third wave at Omaha Beach , captured at the Battle of the Buldge with a thousand others, POW. One was at the landing at Anzio wounded in France and has a Silver and Bronze Star marking on his headstone.
I like that you're doing that. I have some steel pennies but not enough to do that. Those men that you mentioned have always been my heroes. Hearing about the one who was in the Battle of Athens Buldge and then captured makes me think of Hardrock Gunter. Thanks for doing what you do to keep their memory going.
Good morning Rhett, thank you for sharing the details ☺️.
Good morning Carole! 🖐 Thank you for watching!
Thanks Rhetty. I really enjoyed this video.
Thank you Janie! I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it and I appreciate you watching!
Love these videos. Love the history
I'm glad to hear you're enjoying them. Thanks for watching David!
many thanks Rhetty another interesting video...been to that cemetery along with several others you have posted...our Mom used to take us to places like that connecting historical dots and ancestors
That's awesome your Mom used to take you around showing you history and different cemeteries! My parents never did that but I just started doing it on my own. Thanks for watching and sharing your memory!
Thanks for taking us along rhetty 💙 so awesome.
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Always very interesting. Thanks!
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Glad you were finally able to pay your respects. My dad was a boy when B & C died.
It was major news story when it happened. These two were certainly a huge part of it. Thanks for watching!
This was very Enjoyable, Thanks again Rhetty..
You're welcome and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!
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Another great story and history lesson . Thanks for sharing your find and knowledge.
You're welcome and I appreciate you watching my friend.
Glad, I asked about this a while back. This is great.
Thank you Jon! Periodically I'll cover a little more on other characters involved in the story. I appreciate you watching!
Thanks for another great video. Love your content.
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Good evening. Thank you for your work in history. God bless you.
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Massive Respects from England to them both and their families.
Thank you for watching Mike.
Thanks for the video, I have always wondered where Ranger Hamer was buried.
You're welcome! I thought it was great he was buried near his good friend and associate. Thanks for watching!
Very good sir. My 5.year old grandson loves the movie and will someday want to see the grave site. Thank you.
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You are one of the best bloggers great history
Thank you Debbie. I appreciate the kind words as well as you watching!
That was very interesting Rhetty. Thank you.
Thank you Brian! I'm glad you found it interesting.
Very good presentation, keep it up.
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A nice video. I grew up near this cemetery. There are a few ranger captains and Texas authors buried there.
It's a beautiful cemetery with a lot of history in it. Thank you for watching!
Great work Rhetty!
Thank you Robert!
Thoroughly enjoyed this, thanks.
You're welcome and thank you for watching!
Both FreeMason as well!👍
Excellent video and commentary.
Thank you and i appreciate you watching!
Thanks for the video. Very interesting
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Really well constructed discussion - respect to all involved
Thank you for watching!
thanks for the heads up, great video
You're welcome and thank you for watching!
Great video! Hamers book is fantastic, as is the movie The Highwaymen:)-John in Austin, Texas
Thank you for watching John!
The new movie gives Hamer and Fault they respect they deserve. Tough men from the 1800s who went from chasing criminals on horse back to cars. When given a job, they got it done , no matter what it took.
It's a little exaggerated but it does give them a lot more respect. He was 16 years old in 1900. He would not have done any chasing criminals in the 1800s.
Very good...Always watch you channel....
Thank you John! I appreciate you always taking the time to watch!
Very well done. Great filming
Thank you David!
Great video!!! Thanks!
Thank you and I appreciate you watching!
It's always nice to see friends buried close together. Too bad they refused to work for a woman. They seemed like pretty good guys, until you said that. I know it was a different time, but sadly, not that much has changed in all the years since.
You also have to put some context in with that. There was a lot of corruption in Texas. Her husband, Pa Ferguson was Governor and got impeached. She then became governor and somehow stayed in office. Then she was elected into office so it was really like the corruption never left. There had to be a reason why she didn't want Texas Rangers around. Less law enforcement means more criminal opportunity. Ma Ferguson was a rough woman and not easy for anyone to get along with. Texas definitely has it's share of characters and many of them came up here to Oklahoma. Thanks for watching my friend!
@@RhettyforHistory Maybe it was all the Mexicans they murdered.
I found your channel looking at Bonnie and Clyde vids. Did your research well. So, great to see this! What about Raymond Hamilton?
Thank you Jon! I have a lot left to cover on the whole story. Other gang members, officers and places. I'm hoping to dive into more of it within the next year. Thanks for watching!
Have a book about Raymond. Bank he put out of business is still there in Cedar Hill, TX. I think Raymond was busted out of the bloody ham by Clyde out of guilt, because of a misidentification of another early criminal in a botched robbery. Lancaster Bank foundation is still there. tiles almost completely removed after the tornado that destroyed it.
What is the name of that book? Would be interesting to do a video on him and show those banks.
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Good video Rhetty. 👍
Thank you and I appreciate you watching!
Just came across this vid and I enjoy any coverage that gives these two their due.
The Canadian Coin that you show is called a Toonie. Here in Canada we do not have $1 nor $2 bills, we have coins instead. The $1 coin has a water bird called a Loon on it and the coin has be called a Loonie pretty much since day one. The $2 despite having a Polar Bear on in has been stuck with the nickname Toonie, as in 2 ones it has even been spelled Twoonie.
It was great to see the Toonie on Gault's marker, though sad Hamer didn't have one as well.
Plus one more bit for you. You mentioned the first man Hamer arrested, a bit more to it. The man was in fact Hamer's employer at the time who had shot Hamer in the back and Hamer survived and escaped when a colored field hand found him and took him home and had his wife look after him while he went to find Hamer's family.
It is this action that it is believed that gave him the lifetime of respect that he had for people of colour and fueled his actions with the KKK and his hatred of Lynchings.
Thanks again for a great vid...
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Great job. I would like to know more about frank Hamer. Thanks
Thank you and i appreciate you watching.
First job out of Law School, years later a close associate worked in Scurry County, got a Bicycle and Aquarium with the first paychecks, and a stray Labrador on the road to Roscoe, named him after a Deputy from the Dukes, R.P. Puppydawg, Peace3ed
Awesome video!! 🌹
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@@RhettyforHistory You're welcome!
My mother told me that captain Frank Hamer is my 2nd cousin and my grand father Joe Wolf is cousin to captain Frank Hamer and Joe Wolf father O.P.Pack Wolf was a marshal of Snyder Texas and Scurry county from 1906 to 1926 and he was also a honorary Texas Ranger.My great grand mother was Martha Sims and she had a sister,Gladys Johnson Sims who became Gladys Johnson Hamer.I'm proud of my great grand father and my 2nd cousin.
Thank you for watching and sharing how you are related.
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I had a problem with the upload and there was a glitch in it. It didn't get re-uploaded until late last night so I saved it for this morning.
Loved it great job
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We run a firing range and reloading shop in South Texas. Folks come to our range from all over, including Canada, Mexico, and Australia. Some folks like to keep a bullet as a souvenir. Shy of a firing pin striking the blasting cap, or the bullet ending up in a burning fire, the bullet will not explode. You can pull the projectile off, separate it from the casing, and remove the gunpowder. You can also remove the blasting cap and powder, then reassemble it, rendering it into what is known as a ‘dummy round’. Or you can make a dummy round by not adding powder to the casing. This would turn the bullet into a non-firing keepsake/memento. I don’t know if the bullet left at the gravesite is an actual live round, but with the mowers and weed-eaters used out there, that would be reckless!
Great tribute.
Thank you and I appreciate you watching.
I just researched for an hour trying to find why Maney Gault Freemason symbol has a "C" instead of "G" in the square and compass symbol. Couldn't find any answers
Thank you for watching and trying to look that up.
Howdy Rhetty!!! Good video,,Shame on the 2 dislikes:(
Thanks Vickie! I appreciate you watching. I think the dislikes were anti masons lol
thanks! very interesting.
You're welcome and thank you for watching!
Very interesting! Did you happen to visit the Texas Ranger Museum when you were in San Antonio?
No I didn't even realize they had one there. I know they have a Texas Ranger Museum in Waco that I have been wanting to go to. We just didn't have the time and the girls aren't interested in that sort of thing. Sarah and I or just myself will have to take a trip down there and cover more in Texas. There is just so much I want to cover down there. It's full of history.
Hamner was also a Bull Shitter
His book Im Frank Hamner. He fabricated events on B& C
Glad Producer star Warren Beatty threw his character in water!
very interesting video !
Thank you Ron! I appreciate you watching!
I've been to Austin a few times, I didn't know!
There is a ton to see and do in Austin!
My great grandfather was a Methvin. I've been told that Bonnie and Clyde broke out of prison with Henry or they broke him out of prison. Henry also drove their car for them for a while until his dad had them set up for the ambush.
What a great video
Thank you Karen!
Thank's
Thank you for watching!
Nice gesture by yourself and police dept leaving those pennys and a quarter.
Thank you for watching.
In the film bonnie and Clyde shows them capturing hamer and humiliating him this never happened and his family was very angry about it✌️
NO, that was not Hamer.
My favorite scene!!
Yes they were upset and especially so from his wife. Thank you for watching Michael.
Frank Hamer was a straight up gun hand. Thing is, He was who was sent when the talking was over. If you read his history, seems like he was born about 50 years too late.
You're right. He was really the last of the great western lawmen. He was once asked if it was true he had killed 50 men and he changed the subject not wanting to boast or brag. There are documented stories of him cleaning up towns and doing it without firing a shot. So regardless of current opinion with Bonnie and Clyde be was not a trigger happy man. He was never proud of what he had to do to Bonnie especially. But he did get the job done. Bob Alcorn and Ted Hinton had already had their run in with Bonnie and Clyde and they all knew how they had to be taken.
Fighting the KKK, saving a lot of African Americans from lynching and killing Bonnie and Clyde what wonderful, brave men they were. Who would want to marry a woman though, that shot her husband in front of her children. How did the law let her off when she did it in front of witnesses at the court ?
Thanks for your hard work on this one. ❤️Jodie 🇦🇺
He really was a different breed of man. He has some big accomplishments but seems to only get recognition for Bonnie and Clyde. Thank you for watching Jodie!
@@RhettyforHistory I really enjoyed hearing about the two of them, I love true heroes.
The fact that he was a southerner and was fighting the KKK makes it even better. He would have been best freinds with Newton Knight.
@@seanjohn2312 I’m not sure if I have heard of Newton Knight, my memory is not the best if I have. I will have to look him up.
@@swansfan6944 he was a former Civil war vet who fought in the Confederate side but later on in the war, he deserted the army because he felt delusioned to the Confederacys cause and and that stuff. He formed a guerilla miltia full of other deserters and escaped slaves and fought the Confederecy from the 1860s to early 70s. He married a black women and had children. He died in 1922 in his 80s.
I wish you would do some more Bonnie & Clyde!! So many just spread rumors, just repeat what they have heard & so all the sensationalism or ghost hunts lol
True Gunfighters, last of a breed. Rest In Peace law bringers. True warriors.
Thanks boys
Anytime you are visiting a Texas cemetery you should scan across the headstones looking for the Texas Ranger cross. There is usually a good story to research there.
You're right about that and I have seen some and then other Texas Rangers that do not have those. Thank you for watching.
How come you didn't list that they were Freemasons? But I have to admit fascinating about them being connected with Bonnie and Clyde shooting
Didn't mean to skip anything but there is a whole lot more about these two men. They lived a full life and had a lot of accomplishments.
Frank Hamer is also the Lone Ranger
Yes he was vcd a major inspiration for that author and character.
Cool history.
Thank you for watching!
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Yes, thank you very much for sending those maps! I remember grabbing a state map every year and wearing them out!
I hope you took your hat off to show respect for these fine lawmen of Texas.
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Thank you for watching Sandy! No I never got your email. I looked thru the spam area and didn't see it there either. Very strange.
Legendary Texas Lawmen.
Yes they were. Thanks for watching!
He liked the Power that law inforcement gave him.
Legends!!
Yes they were. Thank you for watching!
That round is a 9×19mm Parabellum
I was thinking it said 45 when I picked it up and looked at it.
@@RhettyforHistory Looked a bit small for a .45 ACP, maybe you've got big hands !
R.I.P. BROTHERS.
Thank you for watching John!
To my 2nd cousin Captain Frank Hamer,rest in peace.
That is quite a relative you have. Thank you for watching!
When I was around 10 years old a trailer came to town and it had Bonnie & Clydes death car in it and also Hitlers touring car and they charged a couple bucks to see it there was several of the guns of Bonnie & Clyde in this trailer on the wall also
That Bonnie and Clyde car toured for quite some time. I had no idea about Hitlers though.
R.I.P.
Thank you for watching
500 miles per day on those roads and speeds I call BS. It takes me 11 hours from Central Cal to Yuma Az 555 miles only stopping for fuel and food, on today’s interstates an at 70 plus Mph. And I won’t do it day after day.
Both Heroes. See the movie The Highwaymen
Much better movie than the 1967 film. Thank you for watching!
I hate it how People would give more credit to Frank Hamer!? Maney helped!
All 6 helped. Especially Ted Hinton.
I never knew that they were both Freemasons. Both headstones have the Square and Compasses. The only Texas Ranger I ever knew was Roy Williams. I believe he was a captain as well. He was my friend and a member of my lodge. Ironically the name of the lodge is "Texas 8". I'm no longer a member, I got tired of the politics 😴.
It's really surprising how many people were Masons back in the old days. Definitely more than most people realize. Thank you for watching!
Looks like Gault lost his wife Jan 1955 then his best friend July 1955.. sad times for him.
Thank you for watching and sharing a little more with us.
Why is there freemason signage on both gravestones?
Because they earned it. Thank you for watching!
Neat Rhetty.
Thank you Lisa!
Frank was also called "Pancho" by close friends.
The hero out lived his son, sad. I wonder if that's what contributed to Frank's decline in health. Frank had also been shot quite a few times in his past, maybe he still carried some bullets and had lead poisoning?
He certainly lived a rough life. Thank you for watching Nate!
Hamer also threatened tx rep jt canales for investigating the tx rangers for brutally .
I didn't know that. Good for him if he did.
He did also read the provenir incident of early 1900's in which they killed man and boys 16 - 64 year's old.
Pair of mad dogs were bonny and clyde John Dillinger said he'd like to kill them for stirring up the law so bad.
If anybody ever deserved a movie it was Hamer and Gault . That nearly came to be, Powers Boothe was interested in playing Hamer
Possibly Walter Hill directing. Anyhow it never worked out . I bet Michael Mann would do a great job on it!
Ugh, Bonnie& Clyde is a masterpiece film. Not Dillenger or Highwayman
My wife’s uncle, Edward Bryan Wheeler, and his partner H. D. Murphy, Texas state police officers were killed by bonnie & clyde.
That makes the whole story much more person in her family. At some point I'll be doing a story on her uncle and the other victims. Thanks for watching.
My respects sir
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I didn't know they were Masons! That would explain their close relationship. Mason myself.
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