Six Years with the Texas Rangers, 1875 to 1881-James B. Gillett
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Show by Gustavus Cheyney Doane
Six Years with the Texas Rangers, 1875 to 1881 by James B. Gillett.James Gillet recounts his adventures with the Texas Rangers 1856-1937. In a very entertaining style he recounts personal stories of wars, feuds, battles with the Apache nation and pursuing robbers and murderers. From these stories, and others like them, arose the many legends of courage and daring among the Texas Rangers. “The Texas Rangers, as an organization, dates from the spring of 1836. When the Alamo had fallen before the onslaught of the Mexican troops and the frightful massacre had occurred, General Sam Houston organized among the Texan settlers in the territory a troop of 1600 mounted riflemen.Featured on Yellowstone Expedition of 1870.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.
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