Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Western Wednesday With The Rangers...!

By the Rangers I don't mean the modern day sports team, but the Texas Rangers of old!

Probably better known than just about any other group in the old west, the Rangers did a lot in taking many of the worse outlaws and their cohorts out of circulation. Still active today, they remain a force to be reckoned with, that's for sure! There is an old saying about the Rangers..."One riot, one Ranger!"

Oct 17, 1835:
The first resolution formally creating the Texas Rangers is approved

On this day in 1835, Texans approve a resolution to create the Texas Rangers, a corps of armed and mounted lawmen designed to "range and guard the frontier between the Brazos and Trinity Rivers."

In the midst of their revolt against Mexico, Texan leaders felt they needed a semi-official force of armed men who would defend the isolated frontier settlers of the Lone Star Republic against both Santa Ana's soldiers and hostile Indians; the Texas Rangers filled this role. But after winning their revolutionary war with Mexico the following year, Texans decided to keep the Rangers, both to defend against Indian and Mexican raiders and to serve as the principal law enforcement authority along the sparsely populated Texan frontier.

Although created and sanctioned by the Texas government, the Rangers was an irregular body made up of civilians who furnished their own horses and weapons. Given the vast expanse of territory they patrolled and the difficulty of communicating with the central government, the government gave the men of the Rangers considerable independence to act as they saw fit. Sometimes the Rangers served as a military force, taking on the role of fighting the Indians that in the U.S. was largely the responsibility of the Army. At other times the Rangers mainly served as the principal law enforcement power in many frontier regions of Texas, earning lasting fame for their ability to track down and eliminate outlaws, cattle thieves, train robbers, and murderers, including such notorious bandits as John Wesley Hardin and King Fisher.

Even as late as the first two decades of the 20th century, the state of Texas continued to rely on the Rangers to enforce order in the wilder regions of the state, like the oil boomtowns along the Rio Grande. Increasingly, though, some Texans began to criticize the Rangers, arguing that they used excessive violence and often failed to observe the finer points of the law when apprehending suspects. As a result, in the 1930s, the state won control over the Rangers, transforming it into a modern and professional law enforcement organization.

No doubt the Texas Rangers will always have a spot in the history of the early west and will remain as heroes in the hearts of Texans everywhere!

Coffee inside today. It looks like rain and we better not take a chance!

11 comments:

  1. Phyllis (N/W Jersey)October 17, 2012 at 6:58 AM

    We need a real life Walker, Texas Ranger again!
    Coffee inside is fine - it's 30 here.
    I'll bring some good old fashioned ginger snaps & a jar of apple butter!

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  2. The Texas Rangers are one the best forces in the U.S. Hope they will always be there. Walker, Texas Ranger was one of my favorite TV shows. Thanks for an interesting article. Coffee inside on a rainy day is good.

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  3. Hey Phyllis...
    We could always use another Walker!

    Back in the 80s here today, but that apple butter sure does sound good!

    Thanks for dropping in today!


    Hey Linda...
    I reckon the Rangers will always be here. At least, I hope so!

    Thanks for the visit today!

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  4. I think that they should have been left alone to enforce the law in their own way.

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  5. We really need them again in all of the west. Get these places cleaned up of all the trash.

    Don't get me started. Better have a refill and settle down. :)

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