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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.

- CHUCK PARSONS

During the 1820s the province of Texas was an ideal place for spreading terror. Comanche raiding parties swept down from the Great Plains to kill settlers or anyone who got in their way, and to kidnap women and children. The vastness of what is today Texas was a problem for the Mexican government. Moses Austin came up with an idea: colonize the area with Americans from the southern states, providing history with “The Old 300” families who were brave enough— or foolish enough—to leave the security of their homes in the South to forge a new life in this great frontier.