The Real Texas Rangers Armed AND Dangerous
True West|May 2020
Nearly two centuries ago, Texas founding father Stephen F. Austin unofficially created the Texas Rangers to protect his fledgling colonists farming and ranching near the colony’s capital of Velasco, along the Brazos River near the Gulf Coast.
STUART ROSEBROOK
The Real Texas Rangers Armed AND Dangerous

These five well-armed Texas Rangers and their dog are believed to have served under the leadership of legendary Ranger Captain Rip Ford in the Texas territory between the Rio Grande and Nueces River in 1850 and 1851. Most of their action was fighting the Comanches, including the capture of war chief Carne Muerta. – COURTESY HERITAGE AUCTIONS –

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