Private Bill Foster wears his Arizona Ranger badge and holds the standard Ranger 1895 Winchester .30-40 lever-action rifle as he stands to the left of Deputy Sheriff Clark Farnsworth in 1903. Two years later, Farnsworth would enlist with the Rangers. The famed Arizona Rangers served the citizens of the Arizona Territory until 1909, when Territorial politics led to their disbandment.

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