The Texas Rangers are celebrating their bicentennial this year. How that is possible, given Texas wasn’t even declared a republic until 1836 and didn’t become the 28th state until 1845? Jody Edward Ginn, author, historian, and director of development for the Texas Rangers Hall of Fame & Museum, talks all things Texas Rangers—the highs, the lows, and the misunderstood.

Ginn is director of development for the Texas Rangers Hall of Fame & Museum. He’s the former executive director of the Texas Rangers Heritage Center in Fredericksburg, Texas. He is a former law enforcement investigator/administrator and U.S. Army veteran with two decades of experience as a public historian. He’s the author of “East Texas Troubles.” He was also a history consultant on the Netflix Original film “The Highwaymen” with Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson about the Bonne and Clyde saga. And lastly and probably most importantly, he made a special guest appearance on our two-part Eisenhower/Nimitz road trip documentary that came out last year.