Posted on 11/03/2014 3:20:44 AM PST by marktwain
These Arizona Rangers were gathered together in 1903. The rifles that I can identify are all 1895 Winchesters. In 1903 the total ranger force was 26 men. I count 25 in this picture. The Ranger Act of 1901 required that every ranger carry an 1895 Winchester and a Colt Single Action Army in .45 Colt. One Ranger, Private Lonnie McDonald, had been wounded in February of 1903, and he may not have yet recovered. I see a few possible gunbelts, but the angle is precisely wrong to see any holstered Colts. Picture from historynet.com.
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Link to Gun Watch
"The Rangers had worked themselves out of a job. Several Arizona sheriffs complained about the authority Rangers exercised within their jurisdictions. Many Democrats, resentful that the Ranger company was a creation of Republicans, clamored that to continue it would be a waste of funds. In February 1909 the Democrat-controlled Territorial Legislature abruptly disbanded the company—with Rangers still in the field. Wheeler had not been permitted to testify on behalf of his beloved Rangers."
Well, without those Arizona Rangers, outlaws like Texas Red would still be creating mayhem. Fortunately, the Arizona Ranger had a big iron on his hip. Probably that single-action Colt .45.
Big iron oh his hiiiiiip.
I counted 26 men in the picture. If Private Lonnie McDonald was absent when it was taken, then Captain Tom Rhynning was. If that is the case, Rhynning was not considered one of the Twenty-six.
To me that is interesting.
Today there are at least two commemorative groups of “Rangers” active, keeping the Arizona Rangers memory alive.
I’m a member of the Colorado Rangers / Colorado Mounted Rangers; a law enforcement auxiliary that is far more than a “commemorative” group.
Founded in 1861 as the first law-enforcement agency in the Colorado Territory, in the state statutes, and defunded in the ‘20s after being used to arrest corrupt Denver officials in Attorney General Philip Van Cise’s shutdown of the Blonger Gang. Rangers have been on unpaid (volunteer) status since 1941. Currently, CMR has MOUs (Memoranda of Understanding) with some 40 agencies throughout the state.
Our primary purpose is to assist agencies (LE, Fire, Emergency Management, etc.) during times of manpower shortages. Example: In the 2013 floods, the Rangers provided over 1500 hours of service to the town of Milliken (on the Big Thompson River) at zero cost, in addition to donating $1,000 toward their relief efforts.
Status: The Texas Rangers are a paid force. Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico Rangers are all unpaid auxiliaries.
Subject: Proper grip on a pistol
Instructional video about proper grip on a pistol. It
seems that I have been doing it wrong all these years.
Even the Sheriffs Dept, FBI,
Secret Service, US Marines, and the Arizona Rangers have
failed to demonstrate this revolutionary shooting
technique.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/iDnEkFSMRik?rel=0&vq=medium&autoplay=1
I have those CDs that have all his western songs. He refers to Arizona Rangers in a number of them.
LOL. Still can’t get that song out of my head.
Well it’s still in the 90s out here in the Mohave today....almost makes me wish for a nuclear winter ;)
Classic TV. Great then and great now. Watch episodes for free on YouTube
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