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- The origins of today's Texas Ranger Division trace back to the first days of Anglo-American settlement of what is today the State of Texas, when it was part of the belonging to the newly independent country of Mexico. The unique characteristics that the Rangers adopted during the force's formative years and that give the division its heritage today—characteristics for which the Texas Rangers would become world-renowned—have been accounted for by the nature of the Rangers' duties, which was to protect a thinly populated frontier against protracted hostilities, first with Plains Indian tribes, and after the Texas Revolution, hostilities with Mexico. Texas historian T.R. Fehrenbach explains the Rangers' uniqueness: The Rangers were to be described many times, at first as state troops, later as a police force or constabulary. During most of the 19th century they were neither. They were apart from the regular army, the militia or national guard, and were never a true police force. They were instead one of the most colorful, efficient, and deadly band of irregular partisans on the side of law and order the world has seen. They were called into being by the needs of a war frontier, by a society that could not afford a regular army. Texans passed in and out of the Rangers regularly; in the early years a very high proportion of all west Texans served from time to time. If they bore certain similarities to Mamelukes and Cossacks, they were never quite the same. (en)
- As raízes da atual Texas Ranger Division, remontam aos primeiros dias do estabelecimento do que se conhece hoje como Estado do Texas, quando ele fazia parte da [de Coahuila y Tejas] pertencente ao recém independente país do México. As características peculiares adotadas pelos Rangers durante os anos iniciais de formação, que deu à Divisão Texas Rangers suas características atuais, com a natureza dos deveres dos Rangers, que era a de defender uma pouco populosa fronteira, contra hostilidades prolongadas, primeiro com as tribos dos Índios das Planícies, e depois com as hostilidades da Revolução do Texas com o México. (pt)
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- As raízes da atual Texas Ranger Division, remontam aos primeiros dias do estabelecimento do que se conhece hoje como Estado do Texas, quando ele fazia parte da [de Coahuila y Tejas] pertencente ao recém independente país do México. As características peculiares adotadas pelos Rangers durante os anos iniciais de formação, que deu à Divisão Texas Rangers suas características atuais, com a natureza dos deveres dos Rangers, que era a de defender uma pouco populosa fronteira, contra hostilidades prolongadas, primeiro com as tribos dos Índios das Planícies, e depois com as hostilidades da Revolução do Texas com o México. (pt)
- The origins of today's Texas Ranger Division trace back to the first days of Anglo-American settlement of what is today the State of Texas, when it was part of the belonging to the newly independent country of Mexico. The unique characteristics that the Rangers adopted during the force's formative years and that give the division its heritage today—characteristics for which the Texas Rangers would become world-renowned—have been accounted for by the nature of the Rangers' duties, which was to protect a thinly populated frontier against protracted hostilities, first with Plains Indian tribes, and after the Texas Revolution, hostilities with Mexico. (en)
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