Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.

The subject of this manuscript is the Texas Rangers “clean-up” of San Augustine, which was undertaken between late January 1935 until approximately July 1936 at the direction of then newly-elected Governor James V. Allred, in response to the local “troubles” that arose from an near decade long “crime wave.” Allred had been elected on a platform advocating dramatic reform of state law enforcement, and the success of the “clean-up” was heralded as validation of those reforms, which included the creation of – and the Rangers’ integration into – the Texas Department of Public Safety that same year. Despite such historic significance for the community of San Augustine, the state, and the Texas Rangers, no detailed account has ever been published. The few existing published accounts are terse, vague, and inadequate to address the relevant issues. They are often also overly reliant on limited oral accounts and substantially factually flawed, thereby rendering their interpretive analysis moot in regard to certain issues. Additionally, it is a period of San Augustine’s history that haunts that community to this day, particularly as a result of the wide-ranging myths that have taken hold in the absence of a thoroughly researched and documented published account. Concerns …

Weekly newspaper from San Augustine, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from San Augustine, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Annual journal of the Texas Archeological Society documenting research and findings of members as well as activities of the organization.

Annual journal of the Texas Archeological Society documenting research and findings of members as well as activities of the organization.