page_title: John Hughes (lawman)
hierarchical_section_title: John Hughes (lawman)
caption_attribution_description: English: Caption: Company D, Texas Rangers, Frontier Battalion, Ysleta, Texas, 1894 --- Reading left to right [standing]: Dep. U.S. Marshal F.M. McMahon; Vn. Schmidt; James V. Latham; Joe Sitter; Ed Palmer; T.T. Cook; Sitting: Mexican prisoner; George Tucker; J.W. Saunders; Seargt. Carl Kirchner and Captain John R. Hughes.
context_page_description: John Reynolds Hughes was a Texas Ranger and cowboy of the Old West, and later an author. Several books were written about his long history as one of the most influential Texas Rangers of all time. It has been suggested he was the inspiration for the Lone Ranger character, since Zane Grey dedicated "The Lone Star Ranger" to Hughes in 1915. The ambush of Texas Ranger Captain Frank Jones and Hughes' long hunt for the killers also support this theory. Hughes also told relatives that he believed he was the inspiration for the Lone Ranger character.
context_section_description: John Reynolds Hughes (February 11, 1855 – June 3, 1947) was a Texas Ranger and cowboy of the Old West, and later an author. Several books were written about his long history as one of the most influential Texas Rangers of all time.  It has been suggested he was the inspiration for the Lone Ranger character, since Zane Grey dedicated "The Lone Star Ranger" to Hughes in 1915. The ambush of Texas Ranger Captain Frank Jones and Hughes' long hunt for the killers also support this theory. Hughes also told relatives that he believed he was the inspiration for the Lone Ranger character.
caption: Company D, Texas Rangers, at Ysleta in 1894. Captain John Hughes is seated in a chair at the far right.
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