#OTD in 1963, Texas Gov. John Connally dispatched Ranger Captain Alfred Young “A. Y.” Allee to Crystal City. Connally did so to “keep the peace” during the local election cycle

#OTD in 1918, Florencio García was arrested by Texas Rangers Sadler, Sittre, and Lock at a ranch south of Brownsville. He was never seen alive again. A death certificate was

#OTD on April 7, 1965, two Texas Rangers patrolled Mathis, Texas, during a contested election in which a slate of several Mexican American candidates and a dissident Anglo, calling themselves

On this day in 1972, the Texas Rangers baseball team played their first official game on Opening Day of the 1972 MLB season. The Rangers, formerly the Washington D.C. Senators,

On this day in 1955, Texas Ranger Robert A. “Bob” Crowder negotiated an end to a revolt at the Rusk State Hospital for the ‘criminally insane’ in Rusk, TX. Black

Earl R. Pearson became the first #BlackChief of the Texas Rangers in April 2004. He rose to the highest rank of the Rangers at a time when 63% of the

In late April, 1970, Texas Rangers appeared in Uvalde, pointing rifles at students who walked out of school in protest at discrimination. This thread explores the Ranger’s role in the