The Texas Rangers
by Robyn and Samantha H.

TEXAS RANGERS CREED

"No man in the wrong can stand against a man in the right; who keeps a comin' and that's how it should read."

In May of 1823, Stephen F. Austin set up a colony near the Brazos and Colorado River.  Ten men led by Lieutenant Moses Morrison were assigned to protect the colony from Indians.  These men traveled wherever they  thought Indians would be and Stephen Austin started calling them  "Rangers".  These Texas Rangers became the first law enforcement group with state-wide jurisdiction in the country.

The modern day Texas Rangers are still one of the most respected law enforcement agencies in the country.  There are five divisions in the state with about twenty Rangers in each division.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Gillett, James B., Six Years With the Texas Rangers 1875-1881,
University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln & London, 1976.

Kilgore, D. E., A Ranger Legacy - 150 Years of Service, Madrona Press, Inc., Austin, TX, 1973.

Webb, Walter P., The Story of The Texas Rangers Grosset & Dunlap,
Publishers, New York, 1957.

www.texasranger.org/HFM/Hallof Fame/Wright_William.htm.  Accessed
February 12, 2000.

The Handbook of Texas Online, Accessed Feb. 15, 2000
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/WW/fwrds.html