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Welcome to a great detectives of old time radio special from Boise, Idaho. This is your host, Adam Graham and with me is Andrew Rines of the old time radio western podcast.

Good afternoon, Adam.

Well, it's good to have you here and this is a special occasion. It's actually one that I a listener emailed me a few months ago and told me it was the 200th anniversary of the Texas Rangers.

And I had not heard of that heard it that it was, but I double checked. We didn't hit the exact date, but there are festivities going on in the state of Texas, the official ones.

So I don't feel bad about not hitting the date because, you know, they're going to be doing celebrations to August out there.

Yeah, it's definitely going to be a year to remember being 200 years for sure.

So I found something this is actually this program is probably something more typical and we'll talk about it afterwards of a feature that Andrew has on his podcast, but this is actually an episode of inheritance.

It's called the Texas Rangers, the original air date is June the 13th, 1954. And let's go ahead and take a listen.

In inheritance, the national broadcasting company in cooperation with the American Legion presents a story out of that great composite of visions, struggles and victories of the American past, our inheritance.

Yes, we Americans are heirs to a vast fortune, a fortune compounded of many things of the great sea victories of old iron size, a tattered army shivering through the winter at Valley Forge, the voice of a great bell proclaiming liberty.

The brave band fighting hopeless odds at the Alamo.

Let us now go back to a significant chapter in America's history, one which we all share in our inheritance.

This is a tribute to the Texas Rangers, whose role in American history began when Texas was still a part of Mexico.

Through the years and after Texas became one of the United States, the Rangers won enduring fame for their skill in handling Indian disturbances and capturing outlaws and bringing cattle rustlers to justice.

Tonight we tell of the special force of Texas Rangers, the story is typical of the exceptional bravery and cool courage which these Rangers have given us as a part of our inheritance.

In 1874, in his office of Austin, Texas, Governor Davis is interrupted by his private secretary.

Excuse me, Governor. There's a Mr. LH McNally to see you, something about the special force of Rangers.

Sorry, as Hutchins, I'm hoping he'll head it.

Head the force, but whoever heard of this McNally.

I have, Mr. Hutchins, and during the late war, so did several thousand Union soldiers to their regret.

This McNally was on the Confederate side.

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