Captain John H. Rogers, Texas RangerUniversity 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 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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