Captain Bill McDonald, Texas Ranger: A Story of Frontier Reform

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By Listen TheBook Posted on Jun 1, 2023

In Category - War & Military, Biography & Autobiography

Authors: Albert Bigelow Paine In Year : 1909

Book Language: English

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Forward: A letter from Theodore Roosevelt
Captain Bill McDonald, Texas Ranger
An Old-Time Mississippi Childhood
Emigration and Adventure
The Making of a Texan
The Beginning of Reform
Into the Wilderness
Commercial Ventures and Adventures
Reforming the Wilderness
Getting Even with the Brooken Gang
New Tactics in No-Man's Land
Redeeming No-Man's Land
Some of the Difficulties of Reform
Captain Bill as a Tree-Man
The Day for "Deliveries"
Cleaning Up the Strip
Texas Ranger Service and Its Origin
Captain of Company B, Ranger Force
An Exciting Indian Campaign
A Bit of Farming and Politics
Taming the Pan-handle
The Battle with Matthews
What Happened to Beckham
A Medal for Speed
Captain Bill in Mexico
A New Style in the Pan-handle
Preventing a Prize-Fight
The Wichita Falls Bank Robbery and Murder
Captain Bill as a Peace-maker
The Buzzard's Water-Hole Gang
Quieting a Texas Feud
The Trans-Cedar Mystery
Other Mobs and Riots
Other Work in East Texas
A Wolf-Hunt with the President
The Conditt Murder Mystery
The Death of Rhoda McDonald
The Conditt Mystery Solved
The Brownsville Episode: An Event of National Importance
Captain Bill on the Scene
What Finally Happened at Brownsville
The Battle on the Rio Grande
The End of Rangering and a New Appointment
Conclusion
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E
Appendix F
Appendix G

"William Jesse "Bill" McDonald (1852 - 1918) in the 1880s served as a deputy sheriff in Wood County. After moving to Hardeman County, he served as deputy sheriff, special Ranger, and U. S. Deputy Marshal of the Northern District of Texas and the Southern District of Kansas.. . . .In 1891 McDonald was selected to replace S. A. McMurry as Captain of Company B, Frontier Battalion. He served as a Ranger captain until 1907. Capt. McDonald and his company took part in a number of celebrated cases including the Fitzsimmons-Maher prize fight, the Wichita Falls bank robbery, the Reese-Townsend feud, and the Brownsville Raid of 1906. His handling of the troops of the 25th U.S. Infantry during this last incident made him known as "a man who would charge hell with a bucket of water." He had a reputation as a gunman that rested upon his his marksmanship, and his ability to use his weapons to intimidate his opponents. … In 1905, McDonald served as bodyguard to President Theodore Roosevelt. In 1907, Governor Campbell made him a state revenue agent. He again fulfilled the role of bodyguard in 1912 for a visit by Woodrow Wilson. Later Wilson appointed him U. S. Marshal for the Northern District of Texas." -- from Chapter 1

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