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But tensions rose on both sides of the border, including threats of assassination, so the Texas Rangers, 4,000 U.S. and Mexican troops, United States Secret Service agents and United States Marshals were all called in to provide security. [62]
The Cortina Troubles is the generic name for the First Cortina War, from 1859 to 1860, and the Second Cortina War, in 1861, in which paramilitary forces led by the Mexican rancher and local leader Juan Cortina, confronted elements of the United States Army, the Confederate States Army, the Texas Rangers, and the local militias of Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Tamaulipas.
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 ...
John Barclay Armstrong (January 1, 1850 – May 1, 1913) was a Texas Ranger lieutenant and a United States Marshal. He is usually remembered for his role in the pursuit and capture of the famous gunfighter John Wesley Hardin. Armstrong was born in McMinnville, Tennessee, son of Dr. John B. Armstrong and Maria Susannah Ready on January 1, 1850.
Territorial Marshal, Tucson, Arizona 1883–1886; Deputy US Marshal, Grant County [1] William "Red" Angus: No image available: 1849–1922 1888–1893 Sheriff, Johnson County, Wyoming: Elfego Baca: 1865–1945 1884–1890 New Mexico Phillip Cuney "P.C." Baird: No image available: 1862–1928 1882–1884 1888–1898 Sheriff and Texas Ranger ...
United States Marshals Service. Rank Director Deputy Director ... Texas Rangers. Rank Chief [31] Assistant Chief Major: Captain: Lieutenant: Sergeant: Field Ranger ...
Francis Augustus Hamer (March 17, 1884 – July 10, 1955) was an American lawman and Texas Ranger who led the 1934 posse that tracked down and killed criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. Renowned for his toughness, marksmanship, and investigative skill, he acquired status in the Southwest as the archetypal Texas Ranger.
Bass Reeves (July 1838 – January 12, 1910) was a deputy U.S. Marshal, gunfighter, farmer, scout, tracker, railroad agent, and a runaway slave.He spoke the languages of several Native American tribes including Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole and Creek.