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Line 120: [[File:Texrangers.jpg\|thumb\|left\|<center>An early depiction of a group of Texas Rangers, c. 1845</center>]] The rangers were founded in ~~the year~~ 1823 when Stephen F. Austin, known as the ~~Paternal Parent~~Father of Texas, employed ten men to act as rangers to protect 600 to 700 newly settled families who arrived in Texas following the [[Mexican War of Independence]]. While there is some discussion as to when Austin actually employed men as "rangers", Texas Ranger lore dates the year of their organization to this event.<ref>Cox, Mike, ''The Texas Rangers''.</ref> The Texas Rangers were formally constituted in 1835 and, in November, [[Robert McAlpin Williamson]] was chosen to be the first Major of the Texas Rangers. Within two years the Rangers comprised more than 300 men. Following the [[Texas Revolution]] and the creation of the [[Republic of Texas]], newly elected president [[Mirabeau B. Lamar]], (the second elected president of the Republic of Texas), raised a force of 56 Rangers to fight the [[Cherokee]] and the [[Comanche]], partly in retaliation for the support they had given the Mexicans at the [[Cordova Rebellion]] against the Republic.<ref>Webb, Walter Prescott, ''The Texas Rangers: A Century of Frontier Defense''.</ref> Ten rangers were killed in the [[Battle of Stone Houses]] in 1837.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.odmp.org/officer/18578-private-lewis-f-scheuster \|title=Private Lewis F. Scheuster, Texas Rangers, Texas \|website=Odmp.org \|date= \|accessdate=March 15, 2016}}</ref> The size of the Ranger force was increased from 56 to 150 men by [[Sam Houston]], as President of the Republic, in 1841, (the 2nd time he was elected president of the Republic.)

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