Captain John H. Rogers, Texas Ranger

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University of North Texas Press, 2003 - 270 strani
John Harris Rogers (1863-1930) served in Texas law enforcement for more than four decades as a Texas Ranger, deputy and U.S. Marshal, city police chief, and in the private sector as a security agent. He is recognized in history as one of the legendary Four Captains of the Ranger force that helped make the transition from the Frontier Battalion days into the twentieth century, yet no one has fully researched and written about his life. Paul N. Spellman now presents the first full-length biography of this enigmatic man. During his years as a Ranger, Rogers observed and participated in the civilizing of West Texas. As the rall-roads moved out in the 1880s, towns grew up too quickly, lawlessness was the rule, and the Rangers were soon called in to establish order. Rogers was nearly always there. Likewise he participated in some of the most dramatic and significant events during the closing years of the Frontier Battalion: the Brown County fence cutting wars: the East Texas Conner Fight: the El Paso/Langtry Prizefight; the riots during the Laredo Quarantine; and the hunts for Hill Loftis and Gregorio Cortez. Rogers was the lawman who captured Cortez to close out one of the most infamo
 

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CHAPTER 1 The Guadalupe Homestead
1
CHAPTER 2 Colorado City Ranger
16
CHAPTER 3 The Fence Cutter Wars
32
CHAPTER 4 The Conner Fight
45
CHAPTER 5 Captain of the Rangers
59
CHAPTER 6 The El Paso Prizefight
74
CHAPTER 7 The Streets of Laredo
90
CHAPTER 8 Getting Gregorio
106
CHAPTER 12 Deputy U S Marshal
160
CHAPTER 13 U S Marshal Western District
174
CHAPTER 14 The Canales Investigation
188
CHAPTER 15 Chief of Police
201
CHAPTER 16 End of the Trail
215
The Rangers Prayer
225
Endnotes
227
Bibliography
245

CHAPTER 9 Hill Loftis and the Sand Dunes Shootout
120
CHAPTER 10 The Lord Giveth the Lord Taketh Away
133
CHAPTER 11 End of This Trail
147

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