The number of cattle, number of members, and the square miles of area involved determine the size of each district. TSCRA maintains a staff of more than 25 special rangers stationed strategically in multiple-county districts throughout Texas and Oklahoma. With more than a century of law enforcement behind them, the special rangers remain the backbone of TSCRA. TSCRA has gained worldwide respect through the vigilance of its special rangers, who became peace officers in 1893. Today, TSCRA has more than 15,000 members ranching in Texas, Oklahoma, and surrounding states. The bigger, stronger association boasted members from throughout the southwestern United States, as well as from Mexico, Haiti, New York, Michigan, and other outlying states. In March 1921, the cattlemen adopted the name of TSCRA when the association merged with Panhandle and Southwestern Stockmen’s Association, a group formed in 1880 by Charles Goodnight to protect the Texas Panhandle during the days of the big trail fights. In so doing, it brought in cattlemen from other small, regional associations to strengthen the original northwest group. In 1893, cattlemen dropped the regional name for the more appropriate title-Cattle Raisers Association of Texas. These cattlemen created the association to fight cattle theft in the region. Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association was founded by 40 cattlemen in 1877 in Graham, Texas, under the name of the Stock-Raisers’ Association of North-West Texas. A Brief History of Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
0 kommentar(er)
