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At a consultation of the Provisional Government of Texas, Elder Daniel Parker offered a resolution to establish the Texas Rangers. He proposed three companies of rangers, one for the area between the Brazos and Trinity Rivers, one for the area between the Brazos and Colorado Rivers, and one for the area east of the Trinity River. This was instituted by Texas lawmakers on November 24, 1835. There were 56 men in these three companies. Each company was commanded by a captain and two lieutenants. Their superior had the rank of major and answered to the commander-in-chief of the army. Parker's brother, Silas Mercer Parker , was made a superintendent over 25 men working the "Brazos to Trinity" area.

In Texas' Revolution for independence from Mexico, the rangers served as scouts and couriers. After independence was gained, and the land became the Republic of Texas, the Texas Rangers saw little duty under President Sam Houston. When Mirabeau B. Lamar became President in 1838, he rejected Houston's frontier policies of friendship with the Indians. He engaged the Rangers in war against the Indians, and succeeded in weakening their power. Throughout the years of the Republic, the Texas Rangers protected the frontier against invasion from Mexico and attacks from Indians.

One hundred years after the establishment of the Texas Rangers, in 1935Events January January 1 Italian colonies of Tripoli and Kyrenaika are joined together as Libya January 7 World War II: Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French foreign minister Pierre Laval conclude agreement in which each power undertakes not to oppo the Texas legislature established the Texas Department of Public Safety. At that time, the Texas Rangers became one of three units of the Texas DPS.

In ArizonaArizona was the 48th state admitted to the United States and is part of the Southwest United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, south and east of the Colorado River, bordering New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California and Mexico. Its major cities ar the general plan of the Texas Rangers was followed in organizing the Arizona RangersThe Arizona Rangers was a law enforcement agency in Arizona, modeled on the Texas Rangers, created by the Arizona Territorial Legislature in 1901. Created to deal with infestations of outlaws, especially rustlers, in the sparsely populated Territory of Ar, likewise in New MexicoNew Mexico is a state in the southwestern United States and its U. postal abbreviation is NM . The state's two official languages are English and Spanish. Nuevo Mexico was the Spanish name for the territory north and west of the Rio Grande. USS New Mexico with the New Mexico Mounted Police .

The TV series Walker, Texas RangerWalker, Texas Ranger was a television show that ran from April, 1993 to May, 2001 during primetime on CBS. The show emphasized values such as abstaining from the use of drugs and participation in community service; it was also once considered to be the mo, created in 19931993 is a common year starting on Friday and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003 Events January January 1 Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic. and starring martial artHawaiian State Grappling Championships. Martial arts also known as fighting systems are bodies of codified practices or traditions of unarmed and armed combat, usually without the use of guns and other modern weapons. They are often taught for various reas practitioner and instructor Chuck Norris as Cordell Walker, has drawn much attention to this Texas law enforcement body.

There was a 1960's television series based on the Texas Rangers.