S1 | E4: Texas Rangers (Part Two)

Two decades of fighting between Comanches and Texans culminated in the bloodiest year in early Texas history. In 1840, a series of events led to the greatest war party ever formed on the southern plains as the Comanches cut a swath of destruction through central Texas. All the famous Texas Ranger companies united to fight the first major battle between the two sides along a stream south of Austin called Plum Creek.

SOURCES

“The Texas Rangers: A Century of Frontier Defense," Walter Webb. University of Texas Press, 1935.
“Texas Rangers: Wearing the Cinco Peso, 1821-1900," Mike Cox. Forge Books, 2009.
“Comanches: The History of a People,” T.R. Fehrenbach. Random House, 1974.

Two decades of fighting between Comanches and Texans culminated in the bloodiest year in early Texas history. In 1840, a series of events led to the greatest war party ever formed on the southern plains as the Comanches cut a swath of destruction through central Texas.