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The Las Cuevas War [1] was a brief armed conflict fought mainly between a force of Texas Rangers, commanded by Captain Leander McNelly, and an irregular force of Mexican bandits. It took place in November 1875, in and around Las Cuevas , 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 ...
First Regiment of Texas Mounted Rifle Volunteers, unofficially known as Hays's Texas Rangers, was a United States Volunteer regiment raised in June 1846, with a core of Texas Rangers, for service in the Mexican–American War. The regiment distinguished itself at the Battle of Monterrey. It was disbanded with the end of active operations in ...
Frontier Battalion, Texas Rangers. Texas Militia. Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Accomplished [14] 1873 Coke-Davis Controversy: Travis Rifles, Texas Militia: Unknown 0 Accomplished [15] 1877-1878 San Elizario Salt War: Frontier Battalion, Texas Rangers: John B. Tays 0 Accomplished [16] 1883-1888 Fence Cutting War: Frontier Battalion, Texas ...
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The Porvenir massacre was an incident on January 28, 1918, outside the village of Porvenir, in Presidio County, Texas, in which Texas Rangers and local ranchers, with the support of US Cavalry, killed 15 unarmed Mexican American boys and men. [1]: 64 The Texas Rangers Company B had been sent to the area to stop banditry after the Brite Ranch ...
On the same day the Rangers defeated the Baltimore Orioles in Game 1 of the American League Division Series, Oct. 7, I happened to walk out of the corn stalks on to the Field of Dreams baseball ...
Baclayon was the first municipality to be established in Bohol by the Spaniards and included originally the areas now made up by the municipalities of Alburquerque, Balilihan, Corella, and Sikatuna. Its original name was Bacayan, from the root word bacay , meaning "detour" in reference to the fact that travellers used to make a detour there ...