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By the early 1830s, the Mexican War of Independence had subsided, and some 60 to 70 families had settled in Texas—most of them from the United States. Because there was no regular army to protect the citizens against attacks by native tribes and bandits, in 1823, Stephen F. Austin organized small, informal armed groups whose duties required them to range over the countryside, and who thus ...
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The rangers were founded in 1823 when Stephen F. Austin, known as the Father of Texas, employed ten men to act as rangers to protect 600 to 700 newly settled families who arrived in Mexican Texas following the Mexican War of Independence.
c. 1830 - 1935. Texas Rangers, loosely organized military force that policed Texas from the time of their initial organization in the 1830s to their merger with the state highway patrol in 1935. The first Texas Rangers were minutemen hired by settlers as protection against Native American attacks. During the Texas Revolution and Texas’s years ...
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On August 10, 1935, when the Texas Legislature created the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Texas Rangers and the Texas Highway Patrol became members of this agency, with statewide law enforcement jurisdiction. The true modern-day Ranger came into being on September 1, 1935. The Texas Rangers are the oldest law enforcement organization on ...
The history of the Texas Rangers spans nearly 200 years. Thousands of Rangers patrolled the frontier, fought in military battles, and arrested cattle rustlers. Their story contains heroic acts of bravery, but also moments that challenge our idea of the Rangers as noble lawmen. They protected settlers and enforced laws, but also sometimes executed thieves without a trial, drove Native American ...
5 days ago · Texas Rangers - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up) The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in Arlington, Texas, that plays in the American League. The Rangers began in 1961 as the Washington (D.C.) Senators and moved to Texas for the 1972 season. Notable players included Fergie Jenkins, Nolan Ryan, Ivan Rodriguez ...
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This party of Texas Rangers dies alongside the other defenders of the Alamo. March - A Texas Ranger detachment rescues a child of Sarah Hibbons kidnapped by Comanches. March 2 - The Texas Declaration of Independence is signed and the Republic of Texas born. March 6 - After a two-week siege, a Mexican force estimated at 5,000 overwhelms the ...
