This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Ranger Camp at Content Led Texas Rangers in Runnels County
The 1874 Ranger Camp near Ranger Peak in Content, Runnels County, guarded settlers against Kiowa and Comanche threats. Capt. W. J. Maltby’s Company E housed in tents, dug a 60 foot well, kept horses on picket, and lived off hunted game and mesquite beans. A famed bear capture occurred during a scouting patrol, witnessed by settler Tolbert Burford. The camp closed in 1876 after Indians were driven from the Western Frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Runnels County
Content
Calvary
Texas Rangers
Charlsie Poe
Frontier Battalion
Ranger Peak
Ranger
Co. E
W. J
Jeff) Maltby
Mud Creek
Home Creek
Coleman County
Frontier
Red River
Nueces
John B. Jones
Big Foot
Jafe
Fort Sill
Valley Creek
Jeff Maltby
Company E
Maj. Jones
Mathers
Tolbert Burford
Rangers
Major Jones
Adj
William Steele