Tag Archive: Texas Ranger

Learning the Ropes: The Early Years of a Texas Ranger “Great Captain”

Posted on July 7, 2022 5:16 pm Published by hradmin Leave your thoughts

by Joe Pappalardo

On July 26, 1887, Sgt. James Brooks listens to the jury foreman declare a guilty verdict with a sinking feeling in his stomach. Today the Texas Ranger, standing in a courtroom in Fort Smith, Arkansas, is one … Read the article

Frank Hamer and the Texas Bandit War of 1915

Posted on May 6, 2016 1:36 pm Published by hradmin Leave your thoughts

by John Boessenecker

Extremely modest and humble, Frank Hamer left behind but scant correspondence and no diaries or journals. Even to his closest friends Frank Hamer rarely spoke of the violent events of his long career. Yet his story is … Read the article