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Name |
Jackson, Joaquin |
Born |
11/12/1935 |
Birthplace |
Anton, Texas |
Places of residence |
Uvalde with Texas Rangers Alpine, Texas |
Titles & honors |
NRA Board of Directors |
Education |
West Texas State University, basketball scholarship |
Notes |
Enlisted, TDPS Highway Patrol, August 1957 Promoted, Texas Ranger Company "D", April 1966 Special Assignment to U.S. Customs Service, 1988 Promoted to Sergeant, September 1, 1989 Retired, 1993 Haynie Joaquin Jackson (November 12, 1935 – June 15, 2016) was a retired Texas Ranger most notable for his appearance on the February 1994 cover of Texas Monthly magazine, after which he became the icon of the modern Texas Rangers. Jackson died at his home in Alpine, Texas on June 15, 2016. Texas Ranger Joaquin Jackson was assigned to a wide swath of the Texas-Mexico border from 1966 to 1993. He was involved in a shootout at the Carrizo Springs jail that ended a prison revolt. He captured "The See More Kid," an elusive horse thief and burglar who left clean dishes and swept floors in the houses he burglarized. He investigated the 1988 shootings in Big Bend's Colorado Canyon and tried to understand the motives of the Mexican teenagers who terrorized three river rafters and killed one. Acting career Jackson was in several movies, namely as the character Sheriff Wes Wheeler in the 1995 motion picture The Good Old Boys with Tommy Lee Jones, in the 1997 made-for-TV movie Rough Riders, and in a 1997 TV mini-series, Streets of Laredo, based on author Larry McMurtry's novel of the same title. Jackson also played the fictional Sheriff Jackson in the 2008 movie Palo Pinto Gold, starring singer Trent Willmon, and appears as Archie in the motion picture Poodle Dog Lounge, released in late 2008. Jackson also served as a role model for Jeff Bridges' character Texas Ranger Marcus Hamilton in the 2016 film Hell or High Water and similarly for Nick Nolte's character Texas Ranger Jack Benteen in the 1987 film Extreme Prejudice. His last film was Wild Horses released in 2015. Joaquin co-starred with Robert Duvall. Jackson retired from the Texas Rangers in 1993. He lived in Alpine, Texas, where he was the owner and operator of a private investigations firm. His wife, Shirley Conder Jackson, died on February 11, 2012, after a year-and-a-half-long illness. He married Jewely Van Valin March 11, 2014. They were married until his death. He had two sons with Shirley, Don Joaquin Jackson and Lance Sterling Jackson, and two grandsons, Adam Michael and Tyler Joaquin. |
Occupation |
TDPS Highway Patrol, 1957-1996 Texas Rangers, 1966-1993 Advisor for movies, 1986-? Private Investigator, Ranger Investigations of Alpine, Texas, post-retirement |
Publications |
"One Ranger, a Memoir" by Joaquin Jackson and David Marion Wilkinson "One Ranger Returns" by H. Joaquin Jackson and James L. Haley |
Spouse |
Jewely Van Valin-Jackson (m. 2014) , Shirley Conder Jackson (m. 1962–2012) |
Deceased |
06/15/2016 |
Deceased where |
Alpine, Texas |
Additional Information |
Oral History Interview With Haynie Joaquin Jackson |
Related Records
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Ranger Joaquin Jackson, Ret. business card; The Ranger - Investigations - Archives Collections
2020.014.002
Record Type: Archive
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