Sadly Fred Ropkey passed away the Ropkey Armor Museum has closed and is in the process of selling off all the inventory. I along with the KILROY military vehicle club will make one last visit to the museum in March. Fred's wife has agreed to open it one last time for us. Wish I had the money to purchase one of the tanks.
... and it dawned on me that INGO--as the "N" in INGO stands for knowledge-- ....
Note that this is the OFFICIAL Texas Ranger Museum. Are there other Texas Ranger Museums? Why of course, this is a big state and it enjoys intramural pollitical competitions. More on that later.
Word to the wise. Don't tell the museum staff what inspired the Texas Rangers. I left them sputtering when I told them about the Indiana Rangers . . . I think they are still upset about that.
... Don't tell the museum staff what inspired the Texas Rangers....
You are one brave man...You said that deep in the heart of Texas??? I salute you...
I'll have to look this up. The term "ranger" has existed for long time, loosely meaning an armed guy who runs around a lot of territory. Besides, our rangers beat their rangers.
Rock Island Arsenal Museum, Rock Island, IL - Rock Island Arsenal Historical Society
I think Kirk and indiucky Road Trip Across Texas would be an excellent subplot in the INGO movie. It would end with indiucky counting $100 bills to a bail bondsman while Kirk sits in jail.
The Mexican rangers? Oh, they'll be back for you soon.
Maybe that's because Texas Rangers were first that anyone bothered to remember and write nationally known stories and TV shows about. It wasn't "Walker, Indiana Ranger," was it?The Texas Ranger museum staff told me that the Texas Rangers were the "first rangers".
It wasn't "Walker, Indiana Ranger," was it?
Maybe that's because Texas Rangers were first that anyone bothered to remember and write nationally known stories and TV shows about. It wasn't "Walker, Indiana Ranger," was it?