"Encounter with the Texas Rangers, 1876" Topic
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| Tango01 | 25 Jan 2018 1:18 p.m. PST |
"It was May 25, 1876. A band of forty Texas Rangers rode out of Laredo and headed north to the infamous Nueces Strip. Their mission was to find, kill or capture John King Fisher, leader of a band of cattle rustlers and cut-throats that had been terrorizing the area. The Rangers were members of a select group known as the Special Force. Led by the legendary Leander McNelly, the Special Force was tasked with bringing law and order to an area of South Texas that lay between Corpus Christi and the Mexican border. McNelly had hand-picked each member of the Special Force that had been organized a year earlier. Each was expected to provide his own horse, armament and gear. In return, the state provided meals, ammunition and a small salary. The tactics they used to accomplish their mission, including crossing the Mexican border in pursuit of their quarry and summary execution, did not always follow the letter of the law, but they were effective. The Special Force was dissolved in 1877 and its members absorbed into other units of the Texas Rangers…"
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| Choctaw | 25 Jan 2018 2:27 p.m. PST |
Captain McNelly was bad to the bone. |
| CorroPredo | 25 Jan 2018 7:40 p.m. PST |
You don't mess with the Rangers. |
| Tango01 | 26 Jan 2018 11:32 a.m. PST |
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gets his hands on some fields and fences.