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An Arizona Ranger is featured in the song, "Big Iron", in Western singer Marty Robbins' album Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs. The song was re-recorded by Johnny Cash in 2002 and later used in Fallout: New Vegas. The television series 26 Men, aired from 1957 to 1959, told the stories of the Arizona Rangers.
The song follows the story of an Arizona Ranger's duel with a 24-year-old outlaw named Texas Red. Taking place in the "town of Agua Fria", [a] the townspeople predict the death of the ranger. Texas Red, despite having already killed 20 men, is beaten in a duel due to the speed of the ranger, and the titular "big iron" gun.
The Arizona Ranger is a 1948 American Western film directed by John Rawlins and starring Tim Holt and his father Jack. [2] [3] [4] RKO head of production Dore Schary, impressed by the Holts being in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, gave the film a bigger budget than Holt Westerns normally received. [5] It was also known as The Arizona Ranger. [6]
I used to sing him church songs and he would tell me stories. A lot of the songs I've written were brought about because of stories he told me. Like 'Big Iron' I wrote because he was a Texas Ranger. At least he told me he was". [7] Robbins dropped out of high school in Glendale, Arizona, before his time in the Navy. Robbins would work as an ...
This is a list of Arizona Rangers – people who served in the Arizona Rangers between 1901 and 1909. Captains. Name Age at enlistment Enlistment year Birthplace
26 Men is a syndicated American Western television series about the Arizona Rangers, a law-enforcement group limited to 26 active members. [1] By March 1958, the program was carried on 158 stations in the United States. [2] The program was also broadcast on ATN-7 in Australia [3] and on ZBM-TV in Bermuda. [4]
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At the turn of the century, Arizona was still the wild place it had been for years previously, especially near the border with Mexico. Armed robbery and rustling was so widespread that in March 1901 the territorial governor, Oakes Murphy, authorized the re-establishment of the Arizona Rangers. Burton C. Mossman was the first captain of the unit ...