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  • Allen Public Library Presents ... History of the Texas Rangers
    July 25, 2013
    Midwestern State University history professor Michael Collins talks about the history of the Texas Rangers as one of the most respected law enforcement units in American history. Collins is the author of Texas Devils: Rangers and Regulars on the Lower Rio Grande, 1846-1861 and That Damned Cowboy: Theodore Roosevelt and the American West, 1883-1898.
    Collins discusses his upcoming book on the "skinning wars" in South Texas in the 1870s. A Crooked River: Rustlers, Rangers and Regulars on the Lower Rio Grande (1863-1877) will tell how ranchers raided properties, killed cattle and took the hide.

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  • @murderfancier2640
    @murderfancier2640 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    It's Dr. Collins!!! My favorite teacher ever. Ever! I loved his classes in college and took everyone I could, even a MWF at 8:00 am! That's devotion. I never knew I was interested in history until his class because I had always had boring coaches "teaching" it. Dr. Collins's classes were like getting to sit and listen to a knowledgeable storyteller. He wove the tale with some trivia, what you thought you knew info, some funny bits, and the when you think you are getting all settled in to this delightful story time , he throws in some hard hitting truths that you may not like, agree with, or even want to hear, but, as he says "Its everyone's history." It's been over 20 years, golly! since those days, but listening to him, I still feel compelled to take notes and wonder if this will be on the exam? Did I turn in my blue book? Awesome job Dr. Collins! You still rock!! --Shaundra Collins (no relation)

    • @tannerjagger1445
      @tannerjagger1445 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @huxleymitchell5407
      @huxleymitchell5407 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Tanner Jagger Flixportal =)

    • @tannerjagger1445
      @tannerjagger1445 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @huxleymitchell5407
      @huxleymitchell5407 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Tanner Jagger You are welcome =)

  • @Robert31352
    @Robert31352 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    In really enjoyed this. I have a great interest in the Texas Rangers for many reasons. Of those, and my main reason, is that my five times great grandfather was a Texas Ranger from Milam County Texas. He was killed in an Indian skirmish on the Brazos River in Young county. In that skirmish, he was the only casualty. He was buried by his brother and nephew who was in the same company. His unmarked grave is lost to history. The state placed a memorial in the Fort Belknap Cemetery, which is only a couple of miles from the skirmish location, to commemorate his service. His name was Abram Trigg Smith. He was born in 1798 and died in the service of the Republic of Texas in August 5, 1841. He had only been a Ranger for a few days.

    • @rogercoleman8515
      @rogercoleman8515 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      My great grandfather was George Coleman.

    • @carlvieira9649
      @carlvieira9649 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Almost one year ago...and now im watchin this video and i found your statement about your ancestor... fella.
      It was a great one.....your words full of Pride and feelings in it.
      Your grandpa was a great man and of course a great Ranger...even for a few days only.
      Howdy from Dallas.

    • @lauravillarreal8921
      @lauravillarreal8921 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Great post..I'm sorry for your loss but glad to hear there is a memorial in his honor.

  • @jimivy6019
    @jimivy6019 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I kind of wish we had a Leander McNelly we could send to Washington, D.C today.

  • @louisdoss5853
    @louisdoss5853 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very good information and very well presented. I really enjoyed this presentation.

  • @JMarieThesisPodcast
    @JMarieThesisPodcast 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for such a great lecture... those shorts you told had me on the edge of my seat especially the final one!! Great work

  • @mikethomas4875
    @mikethomas4875 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I like this documentary.Great info.

    • @TheRealSandorClegane
      @TheRealSandorClegane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This isn’t a documentary

    • @texasguy5377
      @texasguy5377 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheRealSandorClegane omg shut up

    • @trusailietazperlinski4717
      @trusailietazperlinski4717 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Keen..
      autobiography vs biography.
      So obviously.. but your right not a documentary "per say"

  • @weskarcher483
    @weskarcher483 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I got a bunch of old west negatives of Texas Rangers and outlaws that Noah Rose took in the early 1900s. I inherited the box of negatives back in 2010.

    • @weskarcher483
      @weskarcher483 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I thought about just framing the famous ones. They're nitrate negatives about 5x7 in size. I had a glass one but it was shattered.

    • @johnmcclellan4791
      @johnmcclellan4791 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wes Karcher my grandfather James d McClellan was a Texas ranger in 1919 his nickname was little MAC .lived in El Paso al his life he was also in the El Paso police department

    • @captaincrunch72
      @captaincrunch72 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@weskarcher483 Why would you keep such amazing history for yourself ?? Allow them to be shown in public at a museum..

    • @hudsontoo1212
      @hudsontoo1212 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I truly hope you’ll donate or sell them to the museum. My great-Great uncle Alonzo Van Oden is the man seated in the middle of the opening picture. He wrote a beautiful diary and may be in some of those pictures. We’d all love to see them- I’m literally researching my family history as I write this and every story I ever heard is even more FASCINATING than my family had even told me. Hope you’ll consider giving them to the public so people like me can know more about their own people. :) It’s soooooo important to keep the history alive.

    • @Max-zr7hr
      @Max-zr7hr 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you scan them you can invert them on the computer and see the actual image if you haven't already.

  • @chriscollins3840
    @chriscollins3840 ปีที่แล้ว

    Looking forward to reading your books.
    My grandfather William Dunn Colllins grandfather was Cpt. James Dunn.

  • @markbriehl6860
    @markbriehl6860 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In memory of the late GEARGE HARRY WALKER US NAVY CB'S.

  • @californicationendlesssumm2811
    @californicationendlesssumm2811 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Ranger is my last name and I want to move to Ranger Texas

  • @trusailietazperlinski4717
    @trusailietazperlinski4717 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I will say I agree that being sworn in with that police department was something they could do while i was there, but when i left they likely fell short. Thats why I silently mentioned it before moving to the next state.

  • @s.c7639
    @s.c7639 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A most invigorating report. Muchas gracias.

  • @rosabanda5316
    @rosabanda5316 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My grandfather was a vigilante for the Texas rangers... In the Rio grande...

  • @bi8968
    @bi8968 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thx goodness...no background music

  • @kaypalmer7485
    @kaypalmer7485 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great stuff

  • @jguz7799
    @jguz7799 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Excellent video! I'm trying to finish up a research paper on the Texas Rangers at Texas A&M and some of the stories told here by Professor Collins were great. I liked the Jesus Sandoval section the best. Are these primary sources such as the ones he used available online?

    • @AllenCityTV
      @AllenCityTV  10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The best primary or firsthand source recounting the role of Jesus Sandoval ("Old Casuse") remains George Durham, Taming the Nueces Strip: The Story of McNelly's Rangers. It is a memoir as Durham told the story years after the fact to a journalist named Clyde Wantland. Very colorful and graphic. I would consider the volume a classic today.
      Also valuable is Napoleon A. Jennings' account, A Texas Ranger. Jennings captures the spirit of it too, though his narrative is sometimes secondary rather than primary, despite being written in the first person. T. C. "Pidge" Robinson's letters to the newspaper, The Austin Daily Democratic Statesman, shed light on the subject as well. See Chuck Parson's two books on Lt. Robinson.
      I recently discovered too that one "Jesus Sandobal" was listed in Ranger James Gillett's Notebook as being wanted for murder in neighboring Maverick County in the year 1873. I believe this man was likely the same Jesus Sandoval. If so, Captain McNelly must have known this when he hired Sandoval as a "Scout" or more accurately spy and henchman the following year. Michael Collins

    • @aaron2shine
      @aaron2shine 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      J Guz I'd like to inquire about Jesus Sandoval. I"m doing a family tree and and found that his my great great grandfather and I have stories about him from family members and I'm verifying as I go. So feel free to email me at aaron2shine@gmail.com

    • @jguz7799
      @jguz7799 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      AllenCityTV
      Thanks for this info, I will be looking into that volume.

    • @hudsontoo1212
      @hudsontoo1212 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Have you read Alonzo Van Oden’s Ranger Diary? He was my great- great uncle and the man seated left in the opening photo. I’d be interested in what you know about him. His writing and poetry is beautiful:)

  • @StickySp00nz
    @StickySp00nz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Anyone else here from Dr. Mitchell's class @TCC?

  • @shpongle7322
    @shpongle7322 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    jack hayes was a total bad ass.

  • @markbriehl6860
    @markbriehl6860 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    WE THE PEOPLE

  • @stevevail9309
    @stevevail9309 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not much has changed on the river since then!

  • @tadlovelace6787
    @tadlovelace6787 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    👍

  • @markbriehl6860
    @markbriehl6860 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cub Scout's/ Boy Scout's of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ( TROOP'S 234 AND 208 NORWALK HURON COUNTY OHIO).

  • @davidankeney7965
    @davidankeney7965 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am reading a book by DOUG J. SWANSON. It is CULT OF GLORY and relates much of the same information.

    • @cmartinez1903
      @cmartinez1903 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Much of Swanson's book was obtained from this speaker"s book.

    • @richardlawson6668
      @richardlawson6668 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I got the same book from my brother . Very interesting.

  • @kurthouse744
    @kurthouse744 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We need Leander McNelly on the Texas border today. Like Patton and MacArthur in WWIl, it seems that when desperate times arise, heroes emerge to take care of the situation, like McNelly did in his time.

  • @davidgarcia-jk6nt
    @davidgarcia-jk6nt 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mexicans in Texas called Compania Volantes were first Rangers. They showed the European Anglo’s how to become cowboys learn the real history.

  • @markbriehl6860
    @markbriehl6860 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    4296 ST. RT. 601 FORMOR LOCATION OF TOLL HOUSE FOR FARMERS TAKING CROP'S AND GOOD'S TO THE CANALS IN NORWALK AND MILAN HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES OHIO.

  • @Solanumtuberous
    @Solanumtuberous ปีที่แล้ว

    Is he still alive

  • @markbriehl6860
    @markbriehl6860 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    New service ( correction in spelling ).

  • @markbriehl6860
    @markbriehl6860 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    WATER STREET A FORMOR CANAL IN NORWALK HURON COUNTY OHIO.

  • @AntzLoks1314
    @AntzLoks1314 ปีที่แล้ว

    el-Choctaw-lord-de-CalifasMexicoAztlan ANTZ Holywater i Cali

  • @kennethlauer4735
    @kennethlauer4735 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    the Rangers went into mexico and stole cattle, herded them across the border and sold them. were do you think the Texas Cowboy came from?

    • @carywest9256
      @carywest9256 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Vermont

    • @skiddle28p97
      @skiddle28p97 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @socially conscious gamer both sides were doing that. Your argument is moot

    • @ragtimegals
      @ragtimegals 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @socially conscious gamer “socially conscious gamer” lmfao

  • @markbriehl6860
    @markbriehl6860 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    We need a lew service like the Texas rangers in Ohio to keep all aspects of law and order in check. I would appreciate me second amendment US CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT'S BACK IMMEDIATLY. I AM NOT A CRIMINAL AND MY LIFETIME CRIMINAL BACKROUND CHECK PAPERWORK PROVES THAT. THE WHOLE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF A PAGE THERE IS.

  • @abcdefghijklmno7384
    @abcdefghijklmno7384 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This video by this Dr is histirically incomplete and inaccurate.

    • @garysams8615
      @garysams8615 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      abcdefg hijklmno so buy the book, and point out the inaccuracies, oh wise one.

  • @markbriehl6860
    @markbriehl6860 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    RATTLE SNAKE CREEK NORWALK HURON COUNTY OHIO.

  • @eddievillasenor6306
    @eddievillasenor6306 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    My name is Eddie my son always wanted to meet A Texas Ranger
    I live in Helotes Tx. Where can I take him to meet one for his birthday.
    He thinks that y'all are A baseball team March 25 is his birthday I want to meet A real Texas Ranger.
    His name is camrr and he is 8 years old.

    • @giantgrowth4204
      @giantgrowth4204 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Their office?

    • @lauravillarreal8921
      @lauravillarreal8921 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Please call the Texas Rangers Museum in Waco and ask for the curator.

  • @markbriehl6860
    @markbriehl6860 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    VETERANS MEMORIAL LAKE PARK NORWALK HURON COUNTY OHIO.

  • @danielsaldana4663
    @danielsaldana4663 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lol . . Some of that sounds like BS . .

  • @The-Music-Archive
    @The-Music-Archive 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where are all the gay and trans rangers? this is bigotry, trans rights for rangers!

  • @sc666666
    @sc666666 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just hoping to have more illegal alien language adds! 🤲🏻🤏🏻

    • @rekoj1393
      @rekoj1393 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Like english that you Euro-American gringos speak, the new arrivals, relatively speaking. 200-400 years on this side of the world, 3-4 generations and ya’ll really think you’re in control hahaha 200 years since ya’ll stole the northern Mexican territory… only 200 years and we’re back. Most of us never left. How does that make ya feel?

    • @sc666666
      @sc666666 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rekoj1393 Great! After thousands of years of sticks and mud look at what a couple of hundred years of Europeans have built. Oogabooga

    • @sc666666
      @sc666666 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rekoj1393 I never said we didn’t need landscapers and roofers.

    • @rekoj1393
      @rekoj1393 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sc666666 Europeans didn't build shit hahaha you forced some africans to do it for you ... and you still don't. You just complain about others ' taking your jobs' hahaha

    • @rekoj1393
      @rekoj1393 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@sc666666 This just shows you don't know history past 1776. Indigenous civilization and wisdom is far spiritually superior than the materialistic drive of the Euro-American. You don't understand this continent and you never will. You still think it's something to be owned, a "right".... that always lead to it's destruction. When it has always been a responsibility. Even you "white' folk would benefit from letting go of your pride, destruction disguised as
      progress, deluded Nationalism disguised as Patriotism, the idea of "ownership', and all the overexaggerated "triumphs' that cast a shadow on the true genocidal history of the "USA". Happy Gregorian new year, may your own country continue on its path to it's own plight. What a downfall are we witnessing, Cheers.

  • @michaelritter6004
    @michaelritter6004 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    👍