S8 Ep693: 4. Pappalardo examines the Rangers' lives after the frontier closed. Captain Scott built railroads in Mexico, surviving further violence, while Brooks entered politics and founded Brooks County. Their stoic, disciplined style established the template for
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4. Pappalardo examines the Rangers' lives after the frontier closed. Captain Scott built railroads in Mexico, surviving further violence, while Brooks entered politics and founded Brooks County. Their stoic, disciplined style established the template for modern Rangers, though their later years were often marked by personal loneliness and a grinding existence. (4)
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| 0:48.7 | I'm John Batchel with Joe Pappalardo, the author of the new book, Red Sky Morning, |
| 0:57.1 | the epic true story of Texas Ranger Company F. |
| 1:00.1 | Many anecdotes. |
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| 1:05.8 | And the gunfire is what they remember today. |
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