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The Best of the Texas Rangers in Photos There are many, many iconic images of the Texas Rangers, but here are my 12 favorites and why.
There are many, many iconic images of the Texas Rangers, but here are my 12 favorites and why. By: Bob Alexander …
The Rangers Ride In The famed force broke up a vigilance committee gone amok.
In the 1880s, a vigilante group organized in San Saba, TX, to take on criminal elements. The so-called “Buzzard’s Water…
A Running Fight The Evans Gang tried to run from the Rangers.
Jesse Evans and his gang acted like they were headed to Mexico in early July 1880. But it was a fake, trying to fool th…
A Respected Lawman Leander McNelly crossed political lines to serve the state.
Leander McNelly had the distinction of serving as a captain of both the Texas State Police and a special force of the Te…
A Frontier Favorite Lever Gun With only one out of every five guns produced, the round-barreled 1873 Winchester—in rifle form—is one of the less common ’73s encountered. Here’s one that has served the author for decades as a collectible, as well as a straight-shooting repeater.
All 1873 Winchester rifles have octagonal barrels and the carbines have round barrels, right? Well, no, as a special opt…
Eternal Texas Rangers Review of Bob Alexander and Donaly E. Brice's Texas Rangers: Lives, Legend, And Legacy.
The history of the Texas Rangers is the story of real people surrounded by the legends and the legacies of that historic…
Creed Taylor–A Texas Giant Creed Taylor was a giant in early Texas—but his accomplishments are overshadowed by the deeds of his kin.
Creed Taylor was a giant in early Texas—but his accomplishments are overshadowed by the deeds of his kin. Taylor was bor…
Riding for the Lone Star Lone Star Books, $24.95
The storied Texas Rangers probably have more stories than just about any law- enforcement agency—and Mike Cox knows most…
Burning Through Texas The only tribe to burn and kill its way to a sea inflamed the ire of the Texian Army.
To burn through Texas to the Gulf of Mexico was a vision that came to Chief Buffalo Hump that captured the imagination o…