tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post6090189406564804102..comments2024-03-28T12:59:00.516-04:00Comments on Heroes, Heroines, and History: "Rip" Ford of the Texas RangersDebbie Lynne Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381517812227326616noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-82062758494015816282014-11-15T11:02:57.714-05:002014-11-15T11:02:57.714-05:00Does Ford have any descendants still living in Tex...Does Ford have any descendants still living in Texas? I have been to his grave in San Antonio's Confederate Cemetery.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00854054055689522138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-67374970995530213082014-10-19T20:48:27.540-04:002014-10-19T20:48:27.540-04:00Golden, I'm going to have to get that book no...Golden, I'm going to have to get that book now! Thanks for commenting.Laurie Kingeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08136585160789672628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-53541168957886440942014-10-19T20:46:51.675-04:002014-10-19T20:46:51.675-04:00Linda, I've been to that museum too. Neat plac...Linda, I've been to that museum too. Neat place! Thanks for commenting.Laurie Kingeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08136585160789672628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-90346926731593622782014-10-19T20:45:45.140-04:002014-10-19T20:45:45.140-04:00Vickie, I agree! ThanksVickie, I agree! ThanksLaurie Kingeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08136585160789672628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-78640926567826516282014-10-19T16:24:25.969-04:002014-10-19T16:24:25.969-04:00Loved reading more about Rip Ford. I made him the ...Loved reading more about Rip Ford. I made him the uncle of my heroine in my Civil War novel set in Texas, His Steadfast Love. She took information to him which she had overheard from Union soldiers quartered in their house in Indianola on the Gulf Coast of Texas. There was a prisoner of war camp named after him, Camp Ford, near Tyler, TX, which one can still walk through. He must have been quite a man and patriot.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02743799607103669916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-74565283357088872562014-10-19T15:46:33.381-04:002014-10-19T15:46:33.381-04:00Hi Laurie, thanks for the interesting post. While ...Hi Laurie, thanks for the interesting post. While we lived in Austin, one of our favorite day trips to take out-of-state family and friends was to the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco. Their Research Center offers a genealogy search service. None of my folks have ever aspired to be a Ranger, but one of my historical YA heroes in the second book of the Butcher Boys Chronicles may see Mr. Ford as his role model. Thanks for the scoop.Linda Farmer Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08312511857601369355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-14974330375146502482014-10-19T09:54:49.582-04:002014-10-19T09:54:49.582-04:00I think we could use a few men like Rip Ford now. ...I think we could use a few men like Rip Ford now. Thanks for the interesting post!Vickie McDonoughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698966142886006577noreply@blogger.com