Historical Marker
Captain Gully Cowsert
Historical marker location:
Junction, Texas
( from Junction go west on IH-10 about 11.5 miles - take FM 1674 - go east about .2 mi. to cemetery - marker is in rear (eastern section))
Marker installed: 1968
(June 12,1896 - June 11,1958)
Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, World War I.
Became Texas Ranger in 1942. He served in that rank for 14 years. Commanded Company E and West Texas District 14 years. Gained fame solving cattle and sheep theft cases.
First wife was Mamie Keesee; had two sons, K. and Gully, Jr. and daughter, Mary Katherine. Second wife was Dana Van der Smissen.
Texas was once an independent country: After winning its independence from Mexico in 1836, Texas became its own country, known as the Republic of Texas. It existed as an independent nation for nine years before being annexed by the United States in 1845.