The Texas Rangers

"men . . . to act as rangers for the common defense" Stephen F. Austin 1823

One writer said that a Texas Ranger could "ride like a Mexican, trail like an Indian, shoot like a Tennesseean, and fight like the devil."

"No man in the wrong can stand up against a fellow that's in the right and keeps on a-comin'." Capt. Bill McDonald. Words that have evolved into the Ranger creed.

Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum

Ranger Oaths

RANGERS IN MILITARY SERVICE 1823 - 1874:
Minuteman & Mounted Volunteer Units Frontier protection was often accomplished by groups of men organized into militia organizations. During the Mexican War, early statehood and the Civil War, Texas army Texas militia, C.S.A. and U.S. Army units were posted on the frontier. It is a confusing and often difficult task to determine whether an individual was a Ranger or a member of a "regular" Texas military unit. Sometimes, as in the Mexican War, Rangers were ordered into U.S. service. In the Civil War, whole Ranger units were drafted into the Confederate service.

THE RANGING COMPANIES 1823 - 1869

FRONTIER BATTALION RANGERS 1874 - 1901

TEXAS STATE RANGERS 1901 - 1935

DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY RANGERS 1935 - Present

THE TEXAS RANGERS
Ranger Submitted By
BADGER, Al. H. ~ Travis Co.K. Waterhouse
BARRY, Desmond Albert ~ Galveston Co.K. Waterhouse
BARRY, J. F. ~ Harris Co.K. Waterhouse
HUGHES, Emery H. ~ Travis Co.K. Waterhouse
McCORMICK, Harry ~ Harris Co.K. Waterhouse

 

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