Texas Ranger Gunfight at San Benito 1910

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Texas Ranger Gunfight at San Benito 1910

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Invoices and correspondence comprise the Texas Ranger Gunfight at San Benito, 1910, documenting the after effects of a July 1910 attack on a Texas Ranger posse.

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Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

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Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

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