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Battle of San Bennidito
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Houston Kidnapping
Rangers of the Republic
Telegram from Mexico

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The Ranging Tradition
Defending the Frontier
Enforcing the Law
Order Out of Chaos
Special Investigations

Texas Rangers Paperwork
1875

Rangers George Black and J. M. Britton, ca. 1895
©1999, Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum

Texas Rangers make some of the best witnesses for prosecutors, but, to the frustration of historians, their dislike of paperwork is legendary. In 1875, Capt. Leander McNelly sent the following report from Matamoros, Mexico, after pursuing raiding bandits into Mexico.

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