Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 193, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 15, 1990 (open access)

Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 193, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 15, 1990

Daily newspaper from Sulphur Springs, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 15, 1990
Creator: Keys, Clarke
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Henderson Daily News (Henderson, Tex.),, Vol. 1, No. 129, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 15, 1931 (open access)

Henderson Daily News (Henderson, Tex.),, Vol. 1, No. 129, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 15, 1931

Daily newspaper from Henderson, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 15, 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 58, Ed. 2 Wednesday, August 15, 1945 (open access)

The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 58, Ed. 2 Wednesday, August 15, 1945

Daily newspaper from Abilene, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 15, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Statesman (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 70, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 15, 1922 (open access)

The Austin Statesman (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 70, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 15, 1922

Daily newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 15, 1922
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 227, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 15, 1911 (open access)

San Antonio Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 227, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 15, 1911

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 15, 1911
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Daily Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 195, Ed. 1 Monday, August 15, 1898 (open access)

San Antonio Daily Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 195, Ed. 1 Monday, August 15, 1898

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 15, 1898
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Firearms of the Texas Rangers: From the Frontier Era to the Modern Age

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From their founding in the 1820s up to the modern age, the Texas Rangers have shown the ability to adapt and survive. Part of that survival depended on their use of firearms. The evolving technology of these weapons often determined the effectiveness of these early day Rangers. John Coffee “Jack” Hays and Samuel Walker would leave their mark on the Rangers by incorporating new technology which allowed them to alter tactics when confronting their adversaries. The Frontier Battalion was created at about the same time as the Colt Peacemaker and the Winchester 73—these were the guns that “won the West.” Firearms of the Texas Rangers, with more than 180 photographs, tells the history of the Texas Rangers primarily through the use of their firearms. Author Doug Dukes narrates famous episodes in Ranger history, including Jack Hays and the Paterson, the Walker Colt, the McCulloch Colt Revolver (smuggled through the Union blockade during the Civil War), and the Frontier Battalion and their use of the Colt Peacemaker and Winchester and Sharps carbines. Readers will delight in learning of Frank Hamer’s marksmanship with his Colt Single Action Army and his Remington, along with Captain J.W. McCormick and his two .45 Colt pistols, …
Date: August 15, 2020
Creator: Dukes, Doug
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 208, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 15, 1917 (open access)

The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 208, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 15, 1917

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 15, 1917
Creator: Diehl, Charles S. & Beach, Harrison L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas Ranger John B. Jones and the Frontier Battalion, 1874-1881

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In 1874, the Texas legislature created the Frontier Battalion, the first formal, budgeted organization as an arm of state government of what historically had been periodic groups loosely referred to as Texas Rangers. Initially created to combat the menace of repeated raids of Indians from the north and from Mexico into frontier counties, the Battalion was led by an unusual choice: a frail, humorless Confederate veteran from Navarro County, John B. Jones. Under Jones’s leadership, the Battalion grew in sophistication, moving from Indian fighting to capturing Texas’s bad men, such as John Wesley Hardin and Sam Bass. Established during the unsettled time of Reconstruction, the Rangers effectively filled a local law enforcement void until competency was returned to local sheriffs’ and marshals’ offices. Numerous books cover individual Texas Rangers of note, but only a few have dealt with the overall history of the Rangers, and, strangely, none about Jones specifically. For the first time, author Rick Miller presents the story of the Frontier Battalion as seen through the eyes of its commander, John B. Jones, during his administration from 1874 to 1881, relating its history—both good and bad—chronologically, in depth, and in context. Highlighted are repeated budget and funding problems, …
Date: August 15, 2012
Creator: Miller, Rick
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. THIRTEEN, No. 194, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1912 (open access)

Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. THIRTEEN, No. 194, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1912

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 15, 1912
Creator: Evans, George H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Henderson Daily News (Henderson, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 128, Ed. 1 Monday, August 15, 1938 (open access)

Henderson Daily News (Henderson, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 128, Ed. 1 Monday, August 15, 1938

Daily newspaper from Henderson, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 15, 1938
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 227, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 15, 1917 (open access)

San Antonio Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 227, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 15, 1917

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 15, 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Morning Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 31, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 15, 1911 (open access)

El Paso Morning Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 31, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 15, 1911

Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 15, 1911
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Daily Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 119, Ed. 1 Monday, August 15, 1921 (open access)

Brenham Daily Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 119, Ed. 1 Monday, August 15, 1921

Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 15, 1921
Creator: Robertson, Ruby
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 66, Ed. 1 Friday, August 15, 1997 (open access)

The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 66, Ed. 1 Friday, August 15, 1997

Semi-weekly newspaper from Clifton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 15, 1997
Creator: Smith, W. Leon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Davenport New Era (Davenport, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1918 (open access)

The Davenport New Era (Davenport, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1918

Weekly newspaper from Davenport, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 15, 1918
Creator: Tryon, W. M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Austin Statesman (Austin, Tex.), Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 15, 1906 (open access)

The Austin Statesman (Austin, Tex.), Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 15, 1906

Daily newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 15, 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 227, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1907 (open access)

The Daily Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 227, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1907

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 15, 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 60, Ed. 2 Friday, August 15, 1941 (open access)

The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 60, Ed. 2 Friday, August 15, 1941

Daily newspaper from Abilene, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 15, 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Herald (El Paso, Tex.), Ed. 1, Thursday, August 15, 1918 (open access)

El Paso Herald (El Paso, Tex.), Ed. 1, Thursday, August 15, 1918

Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 15, 1918
Creator: Slater, H. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Transcript  (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 314, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 15, 1914 (open access)

The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 314, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 15, 1914

Daily newspaper from Norman, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 15, 1914
Creator: Burke, J. J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Gainesville Daily Register and Messenger (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1918 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Register and Messenger (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1918

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 15, 1918
Creator: Leonard, J. T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Canadian Valley News. (Jones City, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, August 15, 1913 (open access)

The Canadian Valley News. (Jones City, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, August 15, 1913

Weekly newspaper from Jones, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 15, 1913
Creator: Keyes, Chester A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 197, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1895 (open access)

San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 197, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1895

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 15, 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History