The Texas Rangers, a legendary law enforcement agency, was formally proposed after more than a decade of 'ranging' across the frontier to protect settlers, on Oct. 17, 1835.
The organization traces its roots to"Father of Texas" Stephen A. Austin, who led the state's earliest Anglo-European settlements in 1821, and then inspired the new Texans' eventual fight for independence from Mexico.
"Austin first referred to this group as the Rangers in 1823, for their duties compelled them to range over the entire country, thus giving rise to the service known as the Texas Rangers."in January 1835 by President Santa Anna while presenting to authorities the text of a new Texas constitution. "When Austin returned from his imprisonment in Mexico in 1835, a body was organized called the ‘Permanent Council.
The role helped fuel the actor's mythic tough-man status that exploded in the early days of the internet.
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