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By the early 1830s, the Mexican War of Independence had subsided, and some 60 to 70 families had settled in Texas—most of them from the United States. Because there was no regular army to protect the citizens against attacks by native tribes and bandits, in 1823, Stephen F. Austin organized small, informal armed groups whose duties required them to range over the countryside, and who thus ...
The rangers were founded in 1823 when Stephen F. Austin, known as the Father of Texas, employed ten men to act as rangers to protect 600 to 700 newly settled families who arrived in Mexican Texas following the Mexican War of Independence.
The Texas Rangers' logo since 2003. The Texas Rangers Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise was established in 1961 as the second incarnation of the Washington Senators, an expansion team awarded to Washington, D.C., after the old Washington Senators team of the American League moved to Minnesota and became the Twins.
After moving from Washington, the Senators were renamed after the Texas Rangers, the state-wide investigative law-enforcement agency which was founded by Stephen F. Austin in 1823 when Texas was part of Mexico, [18] and whose mythology led to fictional characters such as The Lone Ranger and Walker, Texas Ranger.
Worth started on 20 September along with Hays's Texas Rangers screening the advance, but they camped for the night three miles from the Saltillo road. [13] On 23 September, Worth sent Hays's Texas Rangers and the 4th and 8th U.S. Infantry under Lt. Col. Thomas Childs to take Fort Libertad. This was accomplished by daybreak.
Rangers owner Ray Davis and MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred held a press conference to unveil the logo for the 2024 MLB All-Star Game Why were the Texas Rangers, Globe Life Field selected as site for ...
Fans voted four Texas players to start for the American League in Seattle on July 11.
A Rangers fan can look at a calendar from any year, beginning when they moved to Arlington in 1972, and they can remember much of their own life. They will never forget October of 2023. They will ...