All Episodes

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

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