Joseph L. Owen is a National Park Ranger at Lyndon B. Johnson National Historic Park in Johnson City, Texas. He is an associate member of Hood s Texas Brigade (Reactivated) and the Austin, Texas Civil War Round Table. He received a Bachelor s Degree in History and a Master s Degree in Secondary Education from East Central University located in Ada, Oklahoma. He is a United States Navy Veteran and currently resides in Blanco, Texas with his wife.