Then the Rangers had the advantage because of the Colt Revolver
which the one they were given would shoot five bullets before they had to reload.
One of their horse trailers.
Do you remember this show?
Bonnie and Clyde
Fun fact: Bonnie and Clyde met in Texas in January 1930. At the time, Bonnie was 19 and Clyde was 21. Soon after they met, he was sent to prison for burglary. He escaped, using a gun Bonnie had smuggled to him, but was recaptured and sent back. He was paroled in February 1932; rejoined Bonnie and they resumed the life of crime. At the time they were killed in 1934, there were believed to have committed 13 murders, several robberies and burglaries and Clyde was suspected of murdering two police officers in Joplin, Missouri and kidnapping a man and woman in rural Louisiana. He released them near Waldo, Texas.
Numerous sightings followed, linking the pair with bank robberies and automobile thefts. A man was murdered at Hillsboro, Texas; robberies in Lufkin and Dallas, Texas; murdered one sheriff and wounded another at Stringtown, Oklahoma; kidnaped a deputy at Carlsbad, New Mexico; stole a car in Victoria, Texas; attempted to murder a deputy at Wharton, Texas; committed murder and robbery in Abilene and Sherman, Texas; committed murder in Dallas, Texas; abducted a sheriff and the chief of police in Wellington, Texas; and committed murder in Joplin and Columbia, Missouri.
A trap was set by the Dallas sheriff and his deputies to capture Bonnie and Clyde near Grand Prairie, Texas, but the couple escaped. They then held up an attorney on the highway and took his car.
On April 1, 1934, Bonnie and Clyde encountered two young highway patrolmen near Grapevine, Texas, before they could pull their guns, Bonnie and Clyde shot them.
"Wanted Notices" furnishing fingerprints, photograph, description, criminal record, and other data were distributed to all officers. FBI agents found that Bonnie and Clyde had been driving a car stolen in New Orleans, Louisiana. Through investigation, the agents found out that Bonnie and Clyde were in the vicinity of Ruston, Louisiana. Texas Ranger, Frank Hamer, came out of retirement to help find Bonnie and Clyde. He was the type of person that wanted to get into the minds of criminals. He was able to find out where they had been and what they were planning next. Frank and the FBI agents finally got some information that Bonnie and Clyde were planning to go to a party at Black Lake, Louisiana May 23, 1934.
Before dawn on May 23, 1934, a posse composed of police officers from Louisiana and Texas, including Texas Ranger Frank Hamer, concealed themselves in bushes along the highway near Sailes, Louisiana. In the early daylight, Bonnie and Clyde appeared in an automobile and when they attempted to drive away, the officers opened fire. Bonnie and Clyde were killed instantly. "Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. The Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart". Genesis 6:6-7 (NASB). "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life". John 3:16 (NASB) "So Christ, having been offered to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for Him". Hebrews 9:28 (ESV).
Frank Hamer
The Rangers were involved during Prohibition by taking down
the people who smuggled alcohol from Mexico into Texas.
This Ranger had the running W brand (Kings Ranch) saddle blanket.
Texas Rangers Division, 2011. Photograph was taken at the
Four Sixes Ranch in the Texas Panhandle.
Thursday was an amazing day as hubby and I went to Homestead Heritage. Homestead Heritage is an agrarian (related to cultivated land or the cultivation of land) and craft-based intentional Christian community. Its literature stresses simplicity, sustainability, self-sufficiency, cooperation, service and quality craftsmanship. We walked around the Market and picked up a couple of things, then went to check out the General Store, after that we went to the cheese shop. "Keeping it real" I am trying hard to eat healthy and going into the cheese store I broke down and had to buy cheese, crackers and dipping oil and then head back to the Market to get sourdough and Italian bread. Let's just say, the Super Bowl Party will have lots of fixins.
The Cave was closed, so we couldn't take a tour of all the cheese in that cave.
"Age is of no importance unless you're cheese." Billie Burke
Friday, we ran errands, went out to dinner and stopped by the Cottonland Castle. Near the turn of the twentieth century, a booming cotton industry was quickly establishing Waco as one of the major urban centers of the South, encouraging many residents to more readily invest and spend their money locally. In 1890, local stone contractor John Tennant decided to build himself a new home after striking a deal with banker J.W. Mann. The deal provided Tennant with a plot of land in exchange for a stone obelisk to mark the Mann plot in Oakwood Cemetery.
In 1906 Tennant's financial situation did not quite match to his grandiose dreams. He ended up selling the unframed house to cotton broker Riplely Hanrick. Tennant still wanted to work on the house, but he was still struggling financially. He and Hanrick parted ways and abandoned the house in 1908.
Wacaon and Civil War veteran Capt. Alfred Abeel purchased the home in 1913 and employed Roy Lane to finish out framing the home. Lane transformed the frame into a castle complete with three stories and a basement, eight fireplaces, servants' quarter, and a tower. Modeled after a small German castle along the Rhine River, white sandstone and small amounts of limestone composed the exterior of the house.
When it was first built.
The interior accents varied by room and floor, including imported materials such as Caen stone from France, Carrara marble from Italy, and Honduran mahogany paneling.
In 1941, Irene Pipkin, whose family owned the Pipkin Drugstores, purchased the home and moved in with her daughter and son-in-law. When she passed away, the castle passed to her daughter, Pauline Pipkin Garrett, Waco's first female pharmacist. Pauline and her husband Barney Garrett resided in the home from many years. After Pauline passed away, her will stated that Garrett could retain the home until he no longer wished to reside in it. Barney moved out and the home entered its only period of public use when it passed to the Austin Avenue Methodist Church. The church found the home to be an ideal place to host youth events, but the expense of keeping up the home soon became too great. The church sold the castle to Jack Schwan in 1968 for $50,000.
The Schwan family fixed many of the issues in the home arising from age and disuse, also renovated the second floor, following a tropical fantasy theme. In 1977, the Schwans applied for and received a historical marker for the home. The family attempted to sell the castle in 1982, believing it to be worth close to $1.25 million after the renovations. However, the high price frightened away many interested buyers. They finally found a buyer in 1991 after cutting the price of the castle drastically. over the next two decades, the home passed through various owners' hand and fell into disrepair. In 2014, the home was sold again to a new group - led by Oxford scholar Dirk Obbin, contractor Tom Lupfer Jr, and architect Sterling Thompson. They began the process of renovating the castle.
Tropical Theme upstairs.
In disrepair.
In 2019 Cottonland Castle was purchased by Chip and Joanna Gaines of the famous retail empire Magnolia Market, and they finished the renovation of the structure in the summer of 2022. The castle will always be a striking hallmark of the Castle Heights neighborhood, and the impressive home continues to stand as a quiet reminder of the importance of the cotton industry which once brought prosperity to Waco.
Chip and Joanna in the dinning room of the castle.
Renovating the castle.
Finished! You can tour the castle, but we didn't make it, this time.
Today, we will watch the Super Bowl in Anna, Texas. We will be here for two weeks and then make our way to the East Coast. Can't wait to add new pictures to our photo map and share bird, tree, flower and motto of the states.
If there is something special you would like me to take a picture of, please let me know!
Drop a comment for me and let me know your thoughts on the blog.
God, the RV & me...
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