Episode 50: The Texas Rangers–The Beginning.
Wise About Texas
Ken Wise
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2018
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Texas Ranger. Two words that strike fear in the heart of the lawbreaker and hope in the heart of the law abiding. Since before there was a Texas, there were Rangers. How this elite force officially began is the subject of some controversy. There is no doubt that Stephen F. Austin realized the need to take the fight to the hostile Indians he encountered in his new colony. In this episode, you hear Austin’s own words describe his ideas to defend his new colony and his personal funding of a group of rangers. I also discuss the various rangers that are often considered the first and why such men were even necessary. I also cover the first battle between Texas Rangers and comanches, beginning a war that would last decades. Hear about the origins of the most famous law enforcement organization in history–the legendary Texas Rangers.
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| 0:00.0 | Howdy all this is Ken Wise host of Wies about Texas before we get started with |
| 0:05.4 | episode 50 I want to dedicate this episode to my friend Steve Haley |
| 0:09.4 | Steve was a lawyer in Brenham Texas he. He grew up in Houston, graduated from Texas A&M University where he was a Ross volunteer. |
| 0:17.0 | Steve was also an avid Texas historian as well as an actor. You would often see him in Washington on the Brazizes portraying Sam Houston, and he did a great performance as Temple Houston, which combined both his acting and his courtroom skills. |
| 0:30.0 | Steve passed away in February 2018, and he will be sorely missed. |
| 0:34.8 | God speed Steve Haley. |
| 0:36.8 | This 50th episode of Wise About Texas is dedicated to you. Howdy, and welcome to episode 50 of Why's About Texas. I appreciate you |
| 0:57.6 | tuning in for some Texas history. I cannot believe this is the 50th |
| 1:01.5 | episode of this podcast. I want to begin this |
| 1:04.5 | episode by telling you why it took a little extra time to get this particular |
| 1:08.8 | episode produced and out the door and the reason is a good one thanks to all the supporters through Patreon the the studio is also known as my home study. |
| 1:23.0 | I got a new microphone, new mixing board, new cables, |
| 1:27.6 | and everything is installed and running, |
| 1:30.2 | so I'd love your feedback on the audio quality. |
| 1:33.5 | Hopefully it's a little bit better. |
| 1:35.0 | And as I've said before, |
| 1:37.8 | Why's About Texas is a one man show. |
| 1:39.8 | So I'm also the audio engineer, the producer, and I'm always working on that audio trying to get it good for your ears. |
| 1:47.0 | Well, I want to take this opportunity to answer a couple of questions that I've gotten repeatedly over the course of the |
| 1:54.8 | first 50 episodes of that podcast. And the first thing I want to answer is the obvious question, |
| 2:00.8 | why did you start this, why is about Texas? Well as I mentioned in the introduction |
| 2:06.4 | episode that I did when I launched Texas history is so unique. Texas the state is unique as we all know but the history is very unique and I think |
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