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Southwestern Historical Quarterly
published in 1974 by Macmillan, with a new introduction by Robert W.
Johannsen; and David J. Wishart's The Fur Trade of the American West,
1807-184o: A Geographical Synthesis ($10o.95), first published in 1979 by
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The Texas Rangers rode into history in 1823 as a small, disorganized
band of volunteers who fought Indians, pursued outlaws, and sup-
pressed riots during the violent days of early Texas. Their attempts to
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The Institute of Texan Cultures offers a dramatic overview of this di-
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Rangers have been lawmen in Texas under Mexican, Republic, and
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