Many history lovers will discover this web page for one motive, an obsession like mine, for something, all the things Ranger. M. E. Bailey, a lifelong associate of Ranger Frank Hamer, the Metropolis Marshal in Navasota between 1908 and 1911, additionally had served in Navasota and, because it turned out, had lived in the home, thought to have been built in the mid-twenties, where my neighbor had found the badge. Three of those Texas Rangers ended up serving right here in Navasota, Texas: Hamer, Bailey and Hudson. And there were former and future Texas Rangers in Navasota in fashionable occasions as effectively.
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<br/>There was an period when nothing less than Texas Rangers were efficient to maintain the peace in Grimes County. It all started with Sgt Dibbrell, of Company C, on special task from in Alpine Texas... Click <a href="http://www.austintexaspayroll.com/">payroll</a> on on the hyperlink to take you there... or hold studying! Ranger Main Bryant Wells, now one of many highest rating Texas Rangers, additionally served as a policeman here in Navasota.
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<br/>The primary Texas Ranger from Navasota, Jeff Milton's story is an extraordinary one. Probably one of the most famous lawmen of the west, he was the subject of J. Evetts Haley's A Good Man With A the son of the Governor of Florida, Jeff Milton turned a Texas Ranger and ultimately a well-known lawman of the American West, his legend stretching over three states.
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<br/>Under almost a foot of Texas filth he discovered a genuine Texas Ranger badge, a uncommon and sought-after collector's merchandise, one thing of historic worth, something that might fetch upwards to a thousand dollars or more in some circles. Ranger Bob Connell (retired) was a State DPS Trooper here for 14 years, and later served as a temporary Police Chief for the Metropolis of Navasota in the late eighties.
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<br/>When Bailey died, Hamer gave a rare interview about his old buddy, the place he informed the reporter that Ranger Bailey had as soon as captured 4 Mexican Revolutionary Generals, all at one time, who were in south Texas recruiting for Pancho Villa. It appears he could have been made a Captain for that, but it may also have been his undoing, as there have been powers in Austin who were sympathetic to Villa and the Mexican Revolution. These three Rangers helped to cement the longstanding ties between Navasota and the Texas Rangers.<img class='alignleft' style='float:left;margin-right:10px;' src='http://www.constangy.net/nr_images/subscribe-constangys-blog2.png' width='253' />
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