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Texas Rangers Company Flag historic-texas-map-printsThe Texas Rangers were founded in 1823 by Stephen F. Austin, years before Texas declared independence from Mexico and became an Independent and Sovereign Republic. Austin created his own small troop of Rangers to patrol the roads and wilderness around his colony. During the Texas Revolution in 1836, the provisional government authorized the first official, government sanctioned Ranger force to scout the Texas frontier and safeguard settlers. The

The Lone Star State's forte was cavalry

The routes of explorers

depending on the quality of the surveyed tract

Louisiana and Alabama

Only 743 Texans were in battle

Edward moved to Texas where he established large ranches and began accumulating land for the railroad that was to be built through Marathon

It was hotly debated in several countries

efforts began to make accurate triangulated charts of the entire coastline by the engineers

by the grace of God

and New Mexico

The rolling plains attracted large groups of Polish

From the deserted swamp lands of Louisiana to the no mans land of the Nueces Strip (ruled by Banditos) and the Comanche grounds of West Texas