Hi Bobby, That's interesting - I had read somewhere that the Texas Rangers original were a secret with ties to the Masons. I thought that was wierd. Trisha > In a message dated 10/25/02 8:05:42 AM, [log in to unmask] writes: > > >> Well, trish, I think most of small town rural america would not know > >the technical differences, this was odessa texas, and the did not know > the > >> difference in the star of david and the pentagram. But, thanks for the > >> information anyway. And the thing about the badge is amusing. > > That is interesting and ironic. The Texas Rangers were, at first, a > militia > to defend againsy, or some would say, wipe out Indians. The Rangers gave > the > first big contract to Colt, which kept him from going bankrupt. Initially, > these were the most vicious, bigoted lot. If you read their history, it is > pretty awful, by todays standards. Maybe the designers of the badge were > not > as ignorant as we think. They have changed and today they are an effective > LE > agency. BTW, my oldest grandson is named for the Texas Ranger in Lonesome > Dove. > > Bobby