Make your plans now to attend the Silver Anniversary of the Silver Stars & Six Guns Gala Former Texas Rangers Foundation. We are returning to The Bevy Hotel in Boerne, Texas.

For ticket information contact our office
830-990-1192 or jeannew@formertexasrangers.org

Tickets: $40    BBQ lunch included   (RSVP by July 15)
On August 1, 2026, we invite you to join us at Texas Ranger Day, as we honor 21 brave Texas Rangers at our Texas Ranger History Symposium in Blanco, Texas. Over the next few weeks we will introduce some of these men so you will be able to see how special this history symposium will be.

The Carson Brothers: John, Robert ‘Buck”, Thomas Pickney, Joseph

The four Carson brothers were born in Madison County, Mississippi and came to Texas with their parents and siblings in the early 1840s. Although the family lived in numerous parts of Texas before settling in Blanco County, each returned to Blanco City, as it was first known, to live out their lives.

All four brothers served as Texas Rangers and two fought in the War Between the States, ‘Civil War.’ One chose to stay home and serve as a Home Guard in Blanco City, but being an upstanding citizen, paid another young man willing to go off to war, $600 to take his place for the duration of the war.

Each Carson brother married, raised a family which included between two to eight children, and lived out their old age in Blanco County.  All four are buried in the Blanco cemetery.

On twelve acres of land on the outskirts of historic Fredericksburg, Texas, the role the Texas Rangers have played in Texas legend and lore is being preserved and is once again becoming a living part of the present.

The twenty-six thousand square-foot Heritage Center, dedicated to making better citizens of the Youth of our state and nation, will soon be welcoming all ages to share and learn of the value-based Traits that made defined Texas and the Texas Rangers.

The Texas Rangers Heritage Center is open Tuesday – Saturday 9am -5pm and Closed on Sunday and Monday.