The Texas Rangers, an elite state law-enforcement company that enjoys a legendary picture in wider American tradition, was formally proposed on at the present time in historical past, Oct. 17, 1835. 

“The Rangers are a part of the historical past and mythology of the Previous West,” writes the Texas Ranger Corridor of Fame & Museum in Waco, which claims the Rangers are the oldest state law-enforcement company in North America.

The group is understood formally at the moment because the Texas Ranger Division of the state Division of Public Security. 

It derives its identify from its unique mission of “ranging” throughout the frontier to guard settlers. 

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The Rangers are deeply ingrained in Texas historical past, tradition and id. 

The group traces its roots to “Father of Texas” Stephen A. Austin, who led the state’s earliest Anglo-European settlements in 1821, after which impressed the brand new Texans’ eventual struggle for independence from Mexico. 

4 members of the six-man posse, who ambushed and killed fugitive criminals Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker close to Gibsland, Louisiana, on Might 23, 1934. They’re pictured on the day following the ambush. Left to proper, Dallas County Sheriff’s Deputies Bob Alcorn and Ted Hinton and former Texas Rangers B.M. “Manny” Gault and Captain Frank Hamer.  
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“There was no common military to guard [settlers], so Austin referred to as the residents collectively and arranged a gaggle to offer the wanted safety,” writes the Division of Public Security.

“Austin first referred to this group because the Rangers in 1823, for his or her duties compelled them to vary over your complete nation, thus giving rise to the service generally known as the Texas Rangers.”

Austin was imprisoned in Mexico Metropolis in January 1835 by President Santa Anna whereas presenting to authorities the textual content of a brand new Texas structure. 

He was launched eight months later. 

Chuck Norris as Cordell Walker on “Walker, Texas Ranger.”
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“When Austin returned from his imprisonment in Mexico in 1835, a physique was organized referred to as the ‘Everlasting Council.’ On October 17, 1835, Daniel Parker, a member, supplied a decision making a corps of Texas Rangers,” in line with the Texas Division of Public Security. 

Given the huge distances patrolled by comparatively few officers, the Texas Rangers got vast latitude to make particular person government choices. 

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They developed a popularity for autonomy present in few different businesses. 

Their legend was fostered in popular culture.

Texas Rangers escort accused Kennedy murderer Lee Harvey Oswald right into a Dallas police facility.
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“The Lone Ranger,” a hero of American broadcast and cinema lore, was a former Texas Ranger. 

The group additionally impressed the 1983 film, “Lone Wolf McQuade” and its Nineteen Nineties TV spinoff sequence, “Walker, Texas Ranger,” each starring actor Chuck Norris. 

The position helped gasoline the actor’s mythic tough-man standing that exploded within the early days of the web. 

Texas Rangers patrol close to the Rio Grande for immigrants crossing illegally into the U.S. from Mexico.  
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“Superman wears Chuck Norris pajamas,” says one well-known meme.

The actual-life Rangers have been concerned in a number of spectacular law-enforcement actions.

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Maybe most notably, Texas Ranger Frank Hamer led the police posse that gunned down Melancholy-era gangsters and Texas natives Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. 

The couple was killed in Louisiana. 

“The Rangers have been referred to as some of the efficient investigative legislation enforcement businesses on the planet.”

The lawman was additionally identified for his efforts to battle the Ku Klux Klan in Texas. Hamer biographer John Boessenecker claims the Ranger’s efforts prevented 15 lynchings. 

The Rangers stay few in numbers, but proceed to “vary” throughout the huge Lone Star State.

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The company has simply 162 commissioned Rangers assisted by 60 full-time assist personnel, in line with the Texas Rangers Affiliation Basis. 

Their mission at the moment, the muse experiences, is to “lead felony investigative duty for the next: main incident crime investigations, unsolved crime/serial crime investigations, public corruption and public integrity investigations, officer concerned capturing investigations and border safety operations.”

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Says the Rangers Corridor of Fame: “The Rangers have been referred to as some of the efficient investigative legislation enforcement businesses on the planet.”