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In the Line of Duty: Reflections of a Texas Ranger Private

This book contains a series of anecdotes about Lewis Rigler's life, focusing on his time as a law enforcement officer in Texas. He discusses his life growing up, various cases that he worked on as a Texas Ranger, and general observations that he gained from his job. Index starts on page 181.

Date: 1995

Creator: Rigler, Lewis C., 1914- & Rigler, Judyth Wagner

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Press

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[News Clip: Kidnapping]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Date: October 19, 1979, 10:00 p.m.

Duration: 2 minutes 09 seconds

Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: NAACP Attorney Protests Violence]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about U. Simpson Tate's telegrams, from Dallas, Texas, to Governor Shivers and President Eisenhower, calling for help in getting African American students safely into Texarkana Junior College.

Date: September 10, 1956

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Captain Tom Hits Trail for Waco Fair]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Captain Tom Hickman, a Texas Ranger and retired peace officer, and his trip on horseback to Waco.

Date: September 20, 1956

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Rangers]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Date: June 26, 1972, 10:00 p.m.

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Car theft rings]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Date: August 22, 1972, 8:25 a.m.

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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[News Clip: Parkers]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story by reporter Boyd Matson about legacy of Cynthia Ann and Quanah Parker in Fort Parker, Texas and Cache, Oklahoma. The story focuses on the family reunions held in Fort Parker and Cache and reenactments of the story of Cynthia Ann's abduction by Comanches and recapture by the Texas Rangers. Baldwin Parker, great grandson of Quanah, Cora Parker Shaw, and Jack Selden are interviewed about their family legacy. The… more

Date: August 11, 1983

Duration: 4 minutes 40 seconds

Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Historic plaque - Founding of Colorado City

Photograph of a historic marker in Colorado City. It reads: "The Founding of Colorado City. Founded, 1880, at the crossing of the Colorado River and Texas & Pacific Railroad right-of-way: central shipping point and supply depot for the sprawling cattle ranches of west Texas and New Mexico. From 1880 (when A. W. Dunn opened his dirt-floor. Tent-roof General Store) to 1890. The boisterous cattle town garnered notoriety as well as fame. The largest community between Fort Worth and El Paso. Colorad… more

Date: August 7, 2005

Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.391186910670385 -100.8678823017309

Partner: UNT Libraries

[Photograph of O. C. Dowe and Charlie Brite]

Photograph of O. C. Dowe and Charlie Brite standing in an open field wearing cowboy hats and holding a sandbag between them.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

The Dowes of Pinto Canyon

Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Orin Curtis Dowe and Millie Wilson Dowe of Pinto Canyon, who met while O. C. Dowe was a Texas Ranger attempting to capture smugglers crossing the Mexico-Texas border.

Date: November 21, 1966

Creator: Shurley, Mike

Item Type: Text

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Texas Rangers in Valentine, Texas]

Photograph of a group of Texas Rangers in Valentine, Texas. Three of the men are sitting in a wagon pulled by horses, and the other three are riding horses. The first horse rider from the left is O. C. Dowe, Millie Wilson's husband.

Date: 1914

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Date: February 23, 1978, 10:00 p.m.

Duration: 2 minutes 07 seconds

Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Location: 32.791333 -97.368229

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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[News Clip: Funeral]

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Date: February 16, 1977, 6:00 p.m.

Duration: 1 minute 25 seconds

Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Burleson man loses third of business]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Burleson feed store owner losing a portion of his building after Johnson County officials route the path of a new highway interchange through his property.

Date: May 29, 1956

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Hickman (Ranger)]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Tom Hickman, a retired Texas Ranger who visits Tarrant County to ride in a parade.

Date: January 24, 1956

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Date: August 26, 1981, 10:00 p.m.

Duration: 2 minutes 04 seconds

Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections