Despite the popularity of the Colt revolver among Texans, Colt's company failed in 1842. Realizing the revolver needed more durability for use on...
The 1847 Walker Colt
read more
Texas Rangers
Rangers and Ranger Wannabes
Rangers have always occupied a special place in American history. During the Seven Years War or French and Indian War. In 1755 Captain Robert Rogers...
Sam Walker: The Early Years
Sam Walker had migrated to Texas in 1842 and immediately joined in the continuing war along the border with Mexico. That same year Sam Houston...
What Event Marked the End of the Old West?
What event marked the end of the Old West? That's hard to say precisely because the Old West covered hundreds of square miles....
Tracking the Texas Rangers
FOLLOW THE HISTORIC TRAILS OF THE LONE STAR LAWMAN THROUGH WEST TEXAS FROM SAN ANGELO TO EL PASO. “They are having a lively time in Tom Green...
A Bad Role Model Wes Hardin shouldn’t have looked up to Alec Barekman
Alec Barekman was kin by marriage to John Wesley Hardin. And when Wes went on the run after his first killings as a teenager, he hid out with the...
The Real Texas Rangers
Armed And Dangerous
La Frontiera
From the settlement of Texas to the Mexican Revolution, The Texas Rangers were the most respected—and feared—law enforcers in Lone Star State history.
Survival Time
This fight has commenced.
The Rangers Ride In
In the 1880s, a vigilante group organized in San Saba, TX, to take on criminal elements. The so-called “Buzzard’s Water Hole” assembly soon got out...
The Best Texas Rangers Photos, Ever
There are many, many iconic images of the Texas Rangers, but here are my 10 favorites and why. Click on the photograph to view the slide show. Bob...
“I Should Have Killed Them All”
July 2-3, 1880 Outlaw Jesse Evans and three of his gang saddle up and head for the Mexican border. In Fort Davis, Texas, they have been tipped off...