Ranger Man Update/Origin of "Lakewood Rangers"
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 7:08 pm
As some of you may recall, there were plans a couple years back to design a new logo for Lakewood High School. Those plans eventually stalled and now it appears the idea has been dropped.
So the current "Ranger Man" will be there when LHS re-opens next year.
I always thought the "Ranger" name was a bit silly, since there have never been cowboys or cattle ranges in this area.
However, when I recently learned the origin of the "Rangers" name, it suddenly made a lot more sense.
The name was chosen by student vote during the 1920s.
The term "Ranger" was an homage to park rangers. This was logical because Cleveland was "the Forest City" and much of land around Lakewood was still undeveloped.
"Ranger Man" didn't come along until the 1970s. By then popular culture was filled with images of western/Texas Rangers. Rangerman became a "cowboy", more akin to The Lone Ranger than to Ranger Rick.
So the current "Ranger Man" will be there when LHS re-opens next year.
I always thought the "Ranger" name was a bit silly, since there have never been cowboys or cattle ranges in this area.
However, when I recently learned the origin of the "Rangers" name, it suddenly made a lot more sense.
The name was chosen by student vote during the 1920s.
The term "Ranger" was an homage to park rangers. This was logical because Cleveland was "the Forest City" and much of land around Lakewood was still undeveloped.
"Ranger Man" didn't come along until the 1970s. By then popular culture was filled with images of western/Texas Rangers. Rangerman became a "cowboy", more akin to The Lone Ranger than to Ranger Rick.