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Texas Ranger John B. Jones and the Frontier Battalion, 1874-1881 /
In 1874, the Texas legislature created the Frontier Battalion, the first formal, budgeted organization as an arm of state government of what historically had been periodic groups loosely referred to as Texas Rangers. Initially created to combat the menace of repeated raids of Indians from the north...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Denton, TX :
University of North Texas Press,
2012.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Texas Ranger John B. Jones and the Frontier Battalion, 1874-1881 / |c by Rick Miller. |
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| 490 | 0 | |a Number 9 in the Frances B. Vick series | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Irresistible on horseback -- Daring gallantry -- The right man -- No carpet-knight -- A heavy task -- The abominable legislature -- Kill all the Dutch -- Gallant and untiring -- Terribly tongue-lashed -- A Bedouin in the saddle -- Here comes the rangers! -- A manly and vigorous effort -- Agin my profession -- Stately as a queen -- Scared on our arrival -- Promptness and fidelity -- Sober, steady, and respectable man -- Pangs of sorrow -- The best officers and men. | |
| 520 | |a In 1874, the Texas legislature created the Frontier Battalion, the first formal, budgeted organization as an arm of state government of what historically had been periodic groups loosely referred to as Texas Rangers. Initially created to combat the menace of repeated raids of Indians from the north and from Mexico into frontier counties, the Battalion was led by an unusual choice: a frail, humorless Confederate veteran from Navarro County, John B. Jones. Under Jones's leadership, the Battalion grew in sophistication, moving from Indian fighting to capturing Texas's bad men, such as John Wesley. | ||
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| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
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| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Jones, John B., |d 1834-1881. |
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