Audio: The Texas Rangers, sung by Sloan Matthews, Pecos, Texas. Recorded by John A. Lomax, 1942. On November 24, 1835, lawmakers in the newly declared Republic of Texas created the law keeping force commonly known as the Texas Rangers. Rangers had a less formalized existence prior to this, leading to various founding dates, but this is the anniversary date most commonly used. The force continues today as the Texas Ranger Division. loc.gov/item/ihas.200197226/?loclr=fbafc Image: Captain Samuel Hamilton Walker, a Texas Ranger, ca. 1846. Prints and Photographs Division: loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3c10004/?loclr=fbafc
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