The Texas Ranger was the undergraduate humor publication of the University of Texas at Austin (UT), published from 1923 to 1972. A number of people who later went on to become key members of the underground comix scene — including Frank Stack,...
The Texas Ranger Division, also known as the Texas Rangers and nicknamed the Diablos Tejanos (Spanish for 'Texan Devils'), is an investigative law enforcement agency with statewide jurisdiction in the U.S. state of Texas, based in the capital city...
A ranger is typically someone in a law enforcement or military/paramilitary role specializing in patrolling a given territory, called "ranging" or "scouting".
The origins of today's Texas Ranger Division trace back to the first days of Anglo-American settlement of what is today the State of Texas, when it was part of the Province of Coahuila y Tejas belonging to the newly independent country of Mexico....
Haynie Joaquin Jackson (November 12, 1935 – June 15, 2016) was a Texas Ranger most notable for his appearance on the February 1994 cover of Texas Monthly magazine, after which he became the icon of the modern Texas Rangers. Jackson died at his home...
The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the American Old West with his Native American friend Tonto. The character has been called an enduring icon of American culture. He first appeared in 1933 in a radio...
The Texas Ranger of 1960 statue (commonly called the One Riot, One Ranger statue and previously the Jay Banks statue) is a bronze statue of a Texas Ranger, installed from 1961 to 2020 at Dallas Love Field. The common name for the statue comes from...
Francis Augustus Hamer (March 17, 1884 – July 10, 1955) was an American lawman and Texas Ranger who led the 1934 posse that tracked down and killed criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. Renowned for his toughness, marksmanship, and investigative...
Benjamin Maney Gault (June 21, 1886 – December 14, 1947) was an American lawman and Texas Ranger, known for his role alongside Captain Frank Hamer in the 1934 ambush and killing of the outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. He spent much of his...
