I was born in San Marcos, Hays Co., Texas. The county was named
for model Texas Ranger, Jack Hays. When
I was real young, my family moved to Austin, TX. After
a few years we moved to a residence near Mount Bonnell. As
a kid,
I learned that Texas ranger / folkhero, Wm. A. A.
"Big Foot"
Wallace lived in a cave on the mount and I have been intrigued by Wallace ever since.At the end of my street was a cemetery. Among
the tombstones are the graves of noted Texas rangers,
Frank Hamer and Manny Gault. This is the dynamic dou that tracked down
bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde. Author James A. Mischner is also buried in this cemetery. It's also really coincidental that
" old rangers "can be spelled with letters in my first and last names with a couple letters left over. I've never messed with illegal drugs or tobacco products, but have raised some hell. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Looking for adventure, I joined the army in '86 and was sent to
Fort Sill, OK. After boot camp, I had duty stations in
Mannheim, Germany (last years of the Cold War) and Fort Bragg,
N. Carolina. While at Bragg, I participated in many training missions
with the 18th Airborne Corp like Robin Sage. In '89, the Corp was deployed
in Operations Hawkeye (Hurricane Hugo, U.S.Virgin Islands) and Just Cause (Panama Invasion) where I saw all the death and destruction that I
want to see in my life. I got out of the army in '90 and
joined the Texas Guard, where
I was a retention NCO with the 49th Armored Division.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Over
the last several years, I have been involved with historical research
on the Texas Rangers among other subjects. I'm a contributor to the Former
Texas Ranger Museum, Kerrville, Texas. (under construction) and to Mike
Cox's books on the law enforcement organization
and its early history. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Just finished editing Volume II of The Texas Rangers, Wearing the Cinco Peso by Mike Cox and presently I'm drawing space ships for a UFO book.
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