What does the Lone Ranger, the Lone Star State and the Lone Wolf Have in common?

Texas Rangers

Manuel Gonzaullas was born in 1891 in Cádiz, Spain to a Spanish father and a Canadian mother who became naturalized US citizens and decided to settle in Texas. When Manuel was 15 years old he witnessed his only two brothers murdered and his parents wounded when bandits attacked their homestead.   Fourteen years later he became a Texas Ranger. He was one of the most respected peace officers in Texas, which is also known as the Lone Star State. In the 1930’s, the discovery of the Texas Oil Fields create many lawless towns including Pecos and Kilgore. Manuel was often sent alone to tame these lawless towns.   He became known as “El Lobo Solo” or in English, the Lone Wolf.   When news spread about oil being discovered, Kilgore’s population exploded from 700 to over 10,000 residents in just two weeks.

The Lone Ranger was created

Maybe in part due to the popularity of Texas Rangers and the Lone Wolf, a radio show about a fictional character called the Lone Ranger first aired in 1933 and it went on to be an enduring icon of American culture. The masked man and his faithful sidekick Tonto rode to right injustice and they operated on a strict moral code. The radio show morphed into a long running television series that lasted until 1957 and was actually ABC’s first bit hit.   In 1983 a new television show called Lone Wolf McQuade made its debut and it was about a renegade Texas Ranger who didn’t necessarily follow the rules as he battled drug kingpins with automatic weapons.   It was a long way from the days of the “Old West”.

Plastics rely on Texas Oil

Today Texas is still known for its oil industry. In February it hit a 34 year high with production at 2.9 million barrels per day and Texas at times has been the second biggest oil producer in the world behind OPEC. Texans can’t refine the oil as fast as it is coming out of the ground.   Many industries flocked to Texas to be close to the oil. The plastic industry depends on oil in the manufacturing of all things plastic.   Many of the plastic bags that you see in grocery stores and department stores come out of factories in Texas.  Many industries flocked to Texas to be close to the oil. The plastic industry depends on oil in the manufacturing of all things plastic.   Many of these factories require static eliminators and static generators to keep the plastic from sticking or jamming in the process and Static Clean provides the static bars and static generators are vital to keeping static under control and machines moving.

The Texas Rangers are still in operation with 150 officers that handle unsolved crimes, public corruption and border security operations. In honor of the Texas Rangers their national baseball team shares the same name. In 1930, the population of Texas was 5,824,715 and today it is more than 26,500,000 residents. You have to wonder if the Texas Ranger known as Lone Wolf ever thought that the Lone Star State would explode as it did to become one of the strongest economies in the United States and the world.