03496cam a2200385 4500 607540744 TxAuBib 20090609120000.0 081013s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2007044119 9780312873868 25.95 0312873867 25.95 DLC DLC DLC TxSal TxAuBib Cox, Mike. The Texas Rangers. Volume 1 : Wearing the Cinco Peso, 1821-1900 / Mike Cox. First Edition. New York : Forge, 2008. 492 p. : ill. This book bought with Loan Star Libraries Grant. Includes bibliographical references and index. Preface ; Indian Fighters : “Ten men… to act as rangers”, a Ranging tradition, 1821-34, “Chastising… menaces to civilized man”, an arm of government, 1835-37, “Utterly fearless and invincible”, the Republic’s Indian fighters, 1838-45, “Cleaning pistols and grinding knives”, statehood and war with Mexico, 1846-48, “The captain believed in drilling his Rangers”, frontier protection, 1849-59, “So sad a face”, a collapsing frontier and civil war, 1860-65, “Filling bloody graves”, reconstruction, state police, and Rangers, 1866-73 ; Frontier Peace Officers : “For the protection of the frontier”, the frontier battalion, 1874-75, “Nothing short of an armed force”, the Washington county volunteer militia, 1874-77, “Here lies a noted cow thief”, the frontier battalion, 1875-77, “A terror to evil doers”, the frontier battalion, 1877-79, “Assist civil authorities”, the frontier battalion, 1879-86, “I always wanted to join the Rangers”, the frontier battalion, 1887-91, “The glory race of rangers”, the frontier battalion, 1891-99 ; Notes, Bibliography, Index. Austin writer-historian Mike Cox explores the origin and rise of the famed Texas Rangers. Starting in 1821 with just a handful of men, the Rangers' first purpose was to keep settlers safe from the feared and gruesome Karankawa Indians, a cannibalistic tribe that wanderd the Texas territory. As the influx of settlers grew, the attacks increased, and it became clear that a larger, better trained force was necessary. aking readers through the major social and political movements of the Texas territory and into its statehood, Cox shows how the Rangers were a defining force in the stabilization and the creation of Texas. From Stephen Austin in the early days through the Civil War, the first eighty years of the Texas Rangers were nothing less than phenomenal, and the efforts put forth in those days set the foundation for the Texas Rangers who keep Texas safe today. 20090609. Texas Rangers History 19th century. Frontier and pioneer life Texas. Law enforcement Texas History 19th century. Violence Texas History 19th century. Texas History 1846-1950. Texas History Republic, 1836-1846. Texas Race relations History 19th century. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0804/2007044119-b.html Contributor biographical information https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0804/2007044119-d.html Publisher description https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0828/2007044119-s.html Sample text TXMIT