ROCKWALL, TX – August 19, 2021 — Rockwall’s “Cowboy Poet” Budd Pierce received the Carolyn Francisco Excellence in Preservation Award from the Rockwall County Historical Foundation during their August 2021 Sheri Stodghill Lecture. Pierce, a member of the Rockwall County Sheriff’s Posse, also received a reproduction of the De Zavala flag – the first flag […]
ROCKWALL, TX – November 16, 2020 — The horse of Rockwall County Sheriff’s Posse member Dr. Jim Wardlaw recently passed away after nearly two decades of service. State Rep. Justin Holland, a fellow member of the Rockwall Posse, presented Wardlaw with a certificate honoring the memory of his horse – Cherokee Lady – during a […]
UPDATE: Due to the excessive amount of rain, the Rockwall County Sheriff’s Posse Trail Ride has been rescheduled to Saturday, May 30. (FATE, TX – May 12, 2015) The 24th Annual Rockwall County Sheriff’s Posse Trail Ride. originally scheduled for May 16, has been rescheduled to Saturday, May 30, beginning at the northeast corner of […]
HEATH, TX. (July 21, 2014) Heath City Manager Ed Thatcher was recently named 2014 Member of the Year by the Rockwall County Sheriff’s Posse. He also earned the 35-Year Service Award from the Texas City Managers Association. Ed is pictured above left with his son and fellow Posse member Jon Thatcher. Congratulations, Ed! Related Story Rockwall […]
The Rockwall County Sheriff’s Posse was formed in 1991. Photo by Thad Parker Photography. ROCKWALL COUNTY, TX (May 7, 2014) Mounted on matching red sorrel horses; wearing uniforms of crisp white and deep denim blue; carrying the U.S. and Texas flags… the Rockwall County Sheriff’s Posse is a powerful visual of western heritage and American patriotism at the lead […]