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Texas
Ranger
Hall of Fame Museum
Elm Tree
Photos Courtesy of the Museum
Texas Ranger Dispatch Magazine
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News
Excerpts Courtesy of Texas
Ranger Dispatch Magazine
Issue 28, Spring 2009
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Tornado
Damage at the
Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum
About
10 p.m. on February 11, 2009, Waco was hit
by a large storm front, part of the system
that wreaked havoc in Oklahoma.
The Texas Ranger Hall of Fame was in the path
of what meteorologists call a microburst or
possibly a micro tornado.
Unbelievably, the wind did not damage the
large flag in front of the museum or the flag
on the horse sculpture by the parking lot.
All employees escaped intact, but the huge
old sixty-foot elm tree by the entrance to
the building was twisted and destroyed.
Luckily, the elm fell just right and did not
damage the museum or either of our outdoor
sculptures, although it almost got the George
Erath sculpture.
The wind blew all of the fence down around
the archaeological site, but it left two work
trailers (tornado magnets) untouched.
The new Ranger Headquarters and Education
Center in the park were undamaged.
The Parks Department responded immediately.
They did a great job in removing most of the
debris so the museum could open.
- Byron Johnson, director
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Texas
Ranger Hall of Fame Museum
Elm Tree After Tornado Damage
Texas
Ranger Hall of Fame Pens
Note
the different grain patterns & colors
Eaqch
pen is engraved as shown above
The
Pens Are Produced by us
Exclusively For
The
Texas Ranger Hall of Fame Museum
Production
of the Pens from this tree began
(March, 2009)
These
Pens available
to the public only from:
The
Texas
Ranger Hall of Fame Museum
PO
Box 2570,
Waco, TX 76702-2570
http://www.texasranger.org/
To
Purchase Pens From This Tree
Contact:
The
Museum Store
9 am to 5 pm
Every Day Central Time
Lisa Daniel or Waydell Millsaps
Phone: 254-750-8631
They may also be ordered by
e-mail
or
thestore@texasranger.org
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The
Texas Rangers are one of the oldest law enforcement
organizations on the North American continent.
They
originated as "rangering companies" to provide
protection against
Indians on the western frontier of Texas.
Stephen
F. Austin hired the first ten Texas
Rangers in 1823 to protect the settlers in
his colony.
They played an important role in the Texas
War for Independence from Mexico and
evolved into a paramilitary force that primarily
fought Indians and patrolled the Mexican border.
During
the Civil War, with thousands of Texans off
fighting with the Confederate Army,
frontier protection was afforded by a "Regiment
of Rangers."
Even it eventually became part of the Confederate
Army.
Terry's Texas Rangers became one of the
South's most revered fighting units.
We also
made pens for Texas Rangers
They can be seen here
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