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Ranger Peak

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FM 382 via FM 1770, Winters, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 32° 2' 19.60464999984", -99° 45' 0.28339999992"
 
    Texas State
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    Named for Company E, Texas Rangers, which was stationed 1/2 mile east of peak in 1874. Atop peak, Rangers (Under Capt. W. J. Jeff Maltby) kept a lookout for Indians. Outfit was part of the frontier battalion, organized to protect Texas settlers on frontier stretching from Red River to the Nueces. Camp was abandoned in 1876.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Ranger Peak Historical Marker Location Map, Winters, Texas