Trivia time:

In the War Between the States the Texas Rangers enlisted in the Confederate Army en masse, if the CSA would agree to use them as scouts and not as regular cavalry. Their terms were accepted.*

The large, horseshoe shaped belt buckle associated with western dress may not have been invented by the Texas Rangers but they all wore them and, in some areas, they are still called Ranger buckles.¤



*Learned in mandatory Texas history class.
¤Learned from Native American jeweler.