Coins placed on a tombstone have a meaning. Penny: You are showing respect. Nickle: You trained together. Dime: You served together at some point. Quarter: You were with that person when they died.

@SuperAdam1313

3 жыл бұрын

I have a quarter to deliver, thanks Daniel

RIP to the Highwaymen

Frank Hamer is my cousin thanks for showing this

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome and that's quite a relation you have there. Thanks for watching and sharing that.

That was outstanding! A young Ken Burns! I say anyone who fights the Klan to that degree in history is tops in my book. They were really interesting men. What a wild time in history they lived in. A great story!

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Annie. He really had a lot of achievements. Many of them have been forgotten about. Thanks for watching.

The coins are military tradition. Penny- You visited Nickel- You were in boot camp with the person Dime- You served in some compacity with the person Quarter- You were with the deceased when they were killed. Great video. Thanks for chasing history.

Both FreeMason as well!👍

Thanks for the video. I have some steel pennies I leave on WW2 veterans stones dated in the war years. I have three I visit on memorial day. Friends of mine and my father. One drove a landing craft at Iwo, Siapan, Okinowa. one was in the third wave at Omaha Beach , captured at the Battle of the Buldge with a thousand others, POW. One was at the landing at Anzio wounded in France and has a Silver and Bronze Star marking on his headstone.

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

I like that you're doing that. I have some steel pennies but not enough to do that. Those men that you mentioned have always been my heroes. Hearing about the one who was in the Battle of Athens Buldge and then captured makes me think of Hardrock Gunter. Thanks for doing what you do to keep their memory going.

Came here not expecting much. Very cool and informative video. I really enjoyed it, since the first I'd ever heard of Frank Hamer was his farcical portrayal in the 1967 Bonnie and Clyde film...

@RhettyforHistory

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching Paul!

Thank you Rhett a good history lesson again. What great men they were

@RhettyforHistory

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. They were definitely men who were willing to step up when so many others failed. Thanks for watching.

Glad you were finally able to pay your respects. My dad was a boy when B & C died.

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

It was major news story when it happened. These two were certainly a huge part of it. Thanks for watching!

Love these videos. Love the history

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad to hear you're enjoying them. Thanks for watching David!

Thanks Rhetty. I really enjoyed this video.

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Janie! I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it and I appreciate you watching!

The new movie gives Hamer and Fault they respect they deserve. Tough men from the 1800s who went from chasing criminals on horse back to cars. When given a job, they got it done , no matter what it took.

@RhettyforHistory

3 жыл бұрын

It's a little exaggerated but it does give them a lot more respect. He was 16 years old in 1900. He would not have done any chasing criminals in the 1800s.

Great video Rhett! I had no clue their final resting place was so near each other! Still partners after death! Cool!

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

Yes they are! Certainly makes sense. Something else I noticed was bothof their wives had the maiden name Johnson. I couldn't find a connection though so maybe it's just a coincidence? Not sure. Thank you for watching my friend

Good morning Rhett, thank you for sharing the details ☺️.

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

Good morning Carole! 🖐 Thank you for watching!

Always enjoy the back story to all of your videos. Thanks for sharing.

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad to hear you enjoy them. I appreciate you watching and commenting!

Always very interesting. Thanks!

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Paul! I appreciate you watching!

Massive Respects from England to them both and their families.

@RhettyforHistory

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching Mike.

Very good presentation, keep it up.

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Roy! I appreciate you watching!

Very good sir. My 5.year old grandson loves the movie and will someday want to see the grave site. Thank you.

@RhettyforHistory

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome and thank you for watching!

Thanks for taking us along rhetty 💙 so awesome.

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome Ashley and I appreciate you watching!

@Ashley-kd2su

5 жыл бұрын

@@RhettyforHistory 💙

A nice video. I grew up near this cemetery. There are a few ranger captains and Texas authors buried there.

@RhettyforHistory

Жыл бұрын

It's a beautiful cemetery with a lot of history in it. Thank you for watching!

Thanks for the video, I have always wondered where Ranger Hamer was buried.

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! I thought it was great he was buried near his good friend and associate. Thanks for watching!

Another great story and history lesson . Thanks for sharing your find and knowledge.

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome and I appreciate you watching my friend.

Good evening. Thank you for your work in history. God bless you.

@RhettyforHistory

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome and I appreciate you watching!

Glad, I asked about this a while back. This is great.

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jon! Periodically I'll cover a little more on other characters involved in the story. I appreciate you watching!

This was very Enjoyable, Thanks again Rhetty..

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!

@cwb0051

5 жыл бұрын

@@RhettyforHistory Thank You for Creating them..

many thanks Rhetty another interesting video...been to that cemetery along with several others you have posted...our Mom used to take us to places like that connecting historical dots and ancestors

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

That's awesome your Mom used to take you around showing you history and different cemeteries! My parents never did that but I just started doing it on my own. Thanks for watching and sharing your memory!

You are one of the best bloggers great history

@RhettyforHistory

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Debbie. I appreciate the kind words as well as you watching!

That was very interesting Rhetty. Thank you.

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Brian! I'm glad you found it interesting.

Thanks for another great video. Love your content.

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome and thank you for watching!

Excellent video and commentary.

@RhettyforHistory

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you and i appreciate you watching!

Thanks for the video. Very interesting

@RhettyforHistory

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome and thank you for watching!

Great work Rhetty!

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Robert!

My mother told me that captain Frank Hamer is my 2nd cousin and my grand father Joe Wolf is cousin to captain Frank Hamer and Joe Wolf father O.P.Pack Wolf was a marshal of Snyder Texas and Scurry county from 1906 to 1926 and he was also a honorary Texas Ranger.My great grand mother was Martha Sims and she had a sister,Gladys Johnson Sims who became Gladys Johnson Hamer.I'm proud of my great grand father and my 2nd cousin.

@RhettyforHistory

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and sharing how you are related.

It's always nice to see friends buried close together. Too bad they refused to work for a woman. They seemed like pretty good guys, until you said that. I know it was a different time, but sadly, not that much has changed in all the years since.

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

You also have to put some context in with that. There was a lot of corruption in Texas. Her husband, Pa Ferguson was Governor and got impeached. She then became governor and somehow stayed in office. Then she was elected into office so it was really like the corruption never left. There had to be a reason why she didn't want Texas Rangers around. Less law enforcement means more criminal opportunity. Ma Ferguson was a rough woman and not easy for anyone to get along with. Texas definitely has it's share of characters and many of them came up here to Oklahoma. Thanks for watching my friend!

@allenmckinney2082

Жыл бұрын

@@RhettyforHistory Maybe it was all the Mexicans they murdered.

We run a firing range and reloading shop in South Texas. Folks come to our range from all over, including Canada, Mexico, and Australia. Some folks like to keep a bullet as a souvenir. Shy of a firing pin striking the blasting cap, or the bullet ending up in a burning fire, the bullet will not explode. You can pull the projectile off, separate it from the casing, and remove the gunpowder. You can also remove the blasting cap and powder, then reassemble it, rendering it into what is known as a ‘dummy round’. Or you can make a dummy round by not adding powder to the casing. This would turn the bullet into a non-firing keepsake/memento. I don’t know if the bullet left at the gravesite is an actual live round, but with the mowers and weed-eaters used out there, that would be reckless!

First job out of Law School, years later a close associate worked in Scurry County, got a Bicycle and Aquarium with the first paychecks, and a stray Labrador on the road to Roscoe, named him after a Deputy from the Dukes, R.P. Puppydawg, Peace3ed

Great video!!! Thanks!

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you and I appreciate you watching!

Very good...Always watch you channel....

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you John! I appreciate you always taking the time to watch!

thanks for the heads up, great video

@RhettyforHistory

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome and thank you for watching!

WOW that's cool 🇺🇸✌🏼🤠

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Joe! I appreciate you watching!

Good video Rhetty. 👍

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you and I appreciate you watching!

Great video 🙋‍♀️ thanku 💙🌟💖

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Julie! I appreciate you watching!

Thoroughly enjoyed this, thanks.

@RhettyforHistory

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome and thank you for watching!

Great video! Hamers book is fantastic, as is the movie The Highwaymen:)-John in Austin, Texas

@RhettyforHistory

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching John!

Just came across this vid and I enjoy any coverage that gives these two their due. The Canadian Coin that you show is called a Toonie. Here in Canada we do not have $1 nor $2 bills, we have coins instead. The $1 coin has a water bird called a Loon on it and the coin has be called a Loonie pretty much since day one. The $2 despite having a Polar Bear on in has been stuck with the nickname Toonie, as in 2 ones it has even been spelled Twoonie. It was great to see the Toonie on Gault's marker, though sad Hamer didn't have one as well. Plus one more bit for you. You mentioned the first man Hamer arrested, a bit more to it. The man was in fact Hamer's employer at the time who had shot Hamer in the back and Hamer survived and escaped when a colored field hand found him and took him home and had his wife look after him while he went to find Hamer's family. It is this action that it is believed that gave him the lifetime of respect that he had for people of colour and fueled his actions with the KKK and his hatred of Lynchings. Thanks again for a great vid...

Really well constructed discussion - respect to all involved

@RhettyforHistory

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Fighting the KKK, saving a lot of African Americans from lynching and killing Bonnie and Clyde what wonderful, brave men they were. Who would want to marry a woman though, that shot her husband in front of her children. How did the law let her off when she did it in front of witnesses at the court ? Thanks for your hard work on this one. ❤️Jodie 🇦🇺

@RhettyforHistory

2 жыл бұрын

He really was a different breed of man. He has some big accomplishments but seems to only get recognition for Bonnie and Clyde. Thank you for watching Jodie!

@swansfan6944

2 жыл бұрын

@@RhettyforHistory I really enjoyed hearing about the two of them, I love true heroes.

@seanjohn2312

2 жыл бұрын

The fact that he was a southerner and was fighting the KKK makes it even better. He would have been best freinds with Newton Knight.

@swansfan6944

2 жыл бұрын

@@seanjohn2312 I’m not sure if I have heard of Newton Knight, my memory is not the best if I have. I will have to look him up.

@seanjohn2312

2 жыл бұрын

@@swansfan6944 he was a former Civil war vet who fought in the Confederate side but later on in the war, he deserted the army because he felt delusioned to the Confederacys cause and and that stuff. He formed a guerilla miltia full of other deserters and escaped slaves and fought the Confederecy from the 1860s to early 70s. He married a black women and had children. He died in 1922 in his 80s.

That round is a 9×19mm Parabellum

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

I was thinking it said 45 when I picked it up and looked at it.

@FarleyHillBilly

5 жыл бұрын

@@RhettyforHistory Looked a bit small for a .45 ACP, maybe you've got big hands !

thanks! very interesting.

@RhettyforHistory

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome and thank you for watching!

In the film bonnie and Clyde shows them capturing hamer and humiliating him this never happened and his family was very angry about it✌️

@JAMFAMLY

3 жыл бұрын

NO, that was not Hamer.

@gregwatson8219

2 жыл бұрын

My favorite scene!!

@RhettyforHistory

Жыл бұрын

Yes they were upset and especially so from his wife. Thank you for watching Michael.

Nice gesture by yourself and police dept leaving those pennys and a quarter.

@RhettyforHistory

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching.

Hello Rhetty , Yesterday I Didnt Receive A New Video For Monday Morning !!! AUG 06 2019 10:25 AM TUE 👍🖐✌🇺🇸 make america great again 😎😍😅

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

I had a problem with the upload and there was a glitch in it. It didn't get re-uploaded until late last night so I saved it for this morning.

True Gunfighters, last of a breed. Rest In Peace law bringers. True warriors.

Great tribute.

@RhettyforHistory

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you and I appreciate you watching.

I found your channel looking at Bonnie and Clyde vids. Did your research well. So, great to see this! What about Raymond Hamilton?

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jon! I have a lot left to cover on the whole story. Other gang members, officers and places. I'm hoping to dive into more of it within the next year. Thanks for watching!

@jonbeckman9566

5 жыл бұрын

Have a book about Raymond. Bank he put out of business is still there in Cedar Hill, TX. I think Raymond was busted out of the bloody ham by Clyde out of guilt, because of a misidentification of another early criminal in a botched robbery. Lancaster Bank foundation is still there. tiles almost completely removed after the tornado that destroyed it.

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

What is the name of that book? Would be interesting to do a video on him and show those banks.

@jonbeckman9566

5 жыл бұрын

depression desperado by sid underwood

Great job. I would like to know more about frank Hamer. Thanks

@RhettyforHistory

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you and i appreciate you watching.

Awesome video!! 🌹

@RhettyforHistory

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching Bonnie!

@bonniekaye

2 жыл бұрын

@@RhettyforHistory You're welcome!

Very well done. Great filming

@RhettyforHistory

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you David!

Frank Hamer was a straight up gun hand. Thing is, He was who was sent when the talking was over. If you read his history, seems like he was born about 50 years too late.

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

You're right. He was really the last of the great western lawmen. He was once asked if it was true he had killed 50 men and he changed the subject not wanting to boast or brag. There are documented stories of him cleaning up towns and doing it without firing a shot. So regardless of current opinion with Bonnie and Clyde be was not a trigger happy man. He was never proud of what he had to do to Bonnie especially. But he did get the job done. Bob Alcorn and Ted Hinton had already had their run in with Bonnie and Clyde and they all knew how they had to be taken.

very interesting video !

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ron! I appreciate you watching!

Frank Hamer is also the Lone Ranger

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

Yes he was vcd a major inspiration for that author and character.

My great grandfather was a Methvin. I've been told that Bonnie and Clyde broke out of prison with Henry or they broke him out of prison. Henry also drove their car for them for a while until his dad had them set up for the ambush.

He liked the Power that law inforcement gave him.

Thank's

@RhettyforHistory

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Loved it great job

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks my friend. I appreciate you watching!

What a great video

@RhettyforHistory

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Karen!

I've been to Austin a few times, I didn't know!

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

There is a ton to see and do in Austin!

Cool history.

@RhettyforHistory

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Howdy Rhetty!!! Good video,,Shame on the 2 dislikes:(

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Vickie! I appreciate you watching. I think the dislikes were anti masons lol

Legendary Texas Lawmen.

@RhettyforHistory

4 жыл бұрын

Yes they were. Thanks for watching!

Ok , that's fine i dont mind that the video was 1 day late ! What is important is that you got the video uploaded last night , right. Hopefully you enjoyed the 3 maps i mailed you. School start here on AUG 18th for 2019/20 Sch Yr. LW 1964 🖐✌😎🇺🇸10:41 AM

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, thank you very much for sending those maps! I remember grabbing a state map every year and wearing them out!

Thanks boys

I hope you took your hat off to show respect for these fine lawmen of Texas.

Legends!!

@RhettyforHistory

2 жыл бұрын

Yes they were. Thank you for watching!

I wish you would do some more Bonnie & Clyde!! So many just spread rumors, just repeat what they have heard & so all the sensationalism or ghost hunts lol

I just researched for an hour trying to find why Maney Gault Freemason symbol has a "C" instead of "G" in the square and compass symbol. Couldn't find any answers

@RhettyforHistory

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and trying to look that up.

How come you didn't list that they were Freemasons? But I have to admit fascinating about them being connected with Bonnie and Clyde shooting

@RhettyforHistory

4 жыл бұрын

Didn't mean to skip anything but there is a whole lot more about these two men. They lived a full life and had a lot of accomplishments.

Anytime you are visiting a Texas cemetery you should scan across the headstones looking for the Texas Ranger cross. There is usually a good story to research there.

@RhettyforHistory

3 жыл бұрын

You're right about that and I have seen some and then other Texas Rangers that do not have those. Thank you for watching.

Very interesting! Did you happen to visit the Texas Ranger Museum when you were in San Antonio?

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

No I didn't even realize they had one there. I know they have a Texas Ranger Museum in Waco that I have been wanting to go to. We just didn't have the time and the girls aren't interested in that sort of thing. Sarah and I or just myself will have to take a trip down there and cover more in Texas. There is just so much I want to cover down there. It's full of history.

@gregwatson8219

2 жыл бұрын

Hamner was also a Bull Shitter

@gregwatson8219

2 жыл бұрын

His book Im Frank Hamner. He fabricated events on B& C

@gregwatson8219

2 жыл бұрын

Glad Producer star Warren Beatty threw his character in water!

R.I.P. BROTHERS.

@RhettyforHistory

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching John!

Looks like Gault lost his wife Jan 1955 then his best friend July 1955.. sad times for him.

@RhettyforHistory

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and sharing a little more with us.

500 miles per day on those roads and speeds I call BS. It takes me 11 hours from Central Cal to Yuma Az 555 miles only stopping for fuel and food, on today’s interstates an at 70 plus Mph. And I won’t do it day after day.

Both Heroes. See the movie The Highwaymen

@RhettyforHistory

3 жыл бұрын

Much better movie than the 1967 film. Thank you for watching!

To my 2nd cousin Captain Frank Hamer,rest in peace.

@RhettyforHistory

Жыл бұрын

That is quite a relative you have. Thank you for watching!

R.I.P.

@RhettyforHistory

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching

Neat Rhetty.

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lisa!

When I was around 10 years old a trailer came to town and it had Bonnie & Clydes death car in it and also Hitlers touring car and they charged a couple bucks to see it there was several of the guns of Bonnie & Clyde in this trailer on the wall also

@RhettyforHistory

3 жыл бұрын

That Bonnie and Clyde car toured for quite some time. I had no idea about Hitlers though.

Very interesting video 📹 did you get the email from me Love 😍 sandy x I hope you are 👌

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching Sandy! No I never got your email. I looked thru the spam area and didn't see it there either. Very strange.

I never knew that they were both Freemasons. Both headstones have the Square and Compasses. The only Texas Ranger I ever knew was Roy Williams. I believe he was a captain as well. He was my friend and a member of my lodge. Ironically the name of the lodge is "Texas 8". I'm no longer a member, I got tired of the politics 😴.

@RhettyforHistory

3 жыл бұрын

It's really surprising how many people were Masons back in the old days. Definitely more than most people realize. Thank you for watching!

I hate it how People would give more credit to Frank Hamer!? Maney helped!

@RhettyforHistory

4 жыл бұрын

All 6 helped. Especially Ted Hinton.

I didn't know they were Masons! That would explain their close relationship. Mason myself.

@RhettyforHistory

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

The hero out lived his son, sad. I wonder if that's what contributed to Frank's decline in health. Frank had also been shot quite a few times in his past, maybe he still carried some bullets and had lead poisoning?

@RhettyforHistory

Жыл бұрын

He certainly lived a rough life. Thank you for watching Nate!

Hamer also threatened tx rep jt canales for investigating the tx rangers for brutally .

@RhettyforHistory

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't know that. Good for him if he did.

@guillermoramos156

4 жыл бұрын

He did also read the provenir incident of early 1900's in which they killed man and boys 16 - 64 year's old.

Well goodness.. Hamer married a woman who shot/plotted to kill more people than Bonnie did ! Which was 0. His wife done offed her husband... and he killed the man's brother in law. Today they would both be in prison.

Your Welcome , I Wanted To Send The Maps to You cause i like you , or i was going to toss them out !!! My Character is ; Elvis Presley & Western Movies , Old Cars , Old Furniture , B/W Pics , Old Movies 1930s/40s. Books , Magazines LW 1964 11:38 AM TUES.

@RhettyforHistory

5 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you like a lot of good stuff!

They killed my great Uncle. They ate bad bad men. Especially that Hamer. They ambushed Clyde and Bonnie. Very cowardly

Pair of mad dogs were bonny and clyde John Dillinger said he'd like to kill them for stirring up the law so bad. If anybody ever deserved a movie it was Hamer and Gault . That nearly came to be, Powers Boothe was interested in playing Hamer Possibly Walter Hill directing. Anyhow it never worked out . I bet Michael Mann would do a great job on it!

@gregwatson8219

2 жыл бұрын

Ugh, Bonnie& Clyde is a masterpiece film. Not Dillenger or Highwayman

Frank was also called "Pancho" by close friends.