Today in History: The Texas Rangers

On this day (November 24) in 1835 Texas formally created the Texas Rangers. They’d actually informally been in existence since 1823 when Stephen Austin deputized ten men to protect several hundred new settler families. They’ve been involved in all sorts of law enforcement since that time and are famous for their television and cinematic appearances such as Walker, Texas Ranger and of course, The Lone Ranger, who started out as a Texas Ranger.