when were the texas rangers started?
1972
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 The Texas Ranger Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety is a law enforcement agency with statewide jurisdiction . Over the years , the Texas Rangers have investigated crimes ranging from murder to political corruption . They have acted as riot police and as detectives , protected the Texas governor , tracked down fugitives , and functioned as a paramilitary force both for the republic and the state . The Texas Rangers were unofficially created by Stephen F. Austin in 1823 and formally constituted in 1835 . The Rangers were integral to several important events of Texas history and some of the best @-@ known criminal cases in the history of the Old West . 

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 As the weather turned colder and rations grew smaller , groups of Texians began to leave , most without permission . Morale was boosted on November 18 , when the first group of volunteers from the United States , the New Orleans Greys , joined the Texian army . Unlike the majority of the Texian volunteers , the Greys looked like soldiers , with uniforms , well @-@ maintained rifles , adequate ammunition , and some semblance of discipline . 

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 In October , Texians engaged Mexican troops in the first official battle of the Texas Revolution . Determined to quell the rebellion , Santa Anna began assembling a large force , the Army of Operations in Texas , to restore order . Most of his soldiers were raw recruits , and a large number had been forcibly conscripted . 

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 When the Americans arrived , the British made every effort to include them in the athletics . Space was allotted on the sports fields to provide a football field and a baseball diamond . In short order , the division developed a baseball league that played 17 games during the summer of 1918 . Texas won the division championship , but lost to a visiting team from American naval headquarters in London . Football games occurred throughout the fall . 

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 The first Texas Legislature declined to ratify the treaty Houston had signed with the Cherokee , declaring he had no authority to make any promises . Although the Texian interim governments had vowed to eventually compensate citizens for goods that were impressed during the war efforts , for the most part livestock and horses were not returned . Veterans were guaranteed land bounties ; in 1879 , surviving Texian veterans who served more than three months from October 1 , 1835 through January 1 , 1837 were guaranteed an additional 1 @,@ 280 acres ( 520 ha ) in public lands . Over 1 @.@ 3 million acres ( 559 thousand ha ) of land were granted ; some of this was in Greer County , which was later determined to be part of Oklahoma . 
