Dobie, Dudley R., papers, 1930-1974

Bullis, John L., 1841-1911

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John Lapham Bullis (April 17, 1841 – May 26, 1911) was a much-decorated American soldier and later an entrepreneur. He was born at Macedon, New York, the eldest of the seven children of Dr. Abram R. and Lydia P. (Lapham) Bullis. Although brought up as a Quaker, he did not attend services regularly. Bullis served in the Civil War, Indian Wars, and Spanish–American War. In the 1870s and 1880s Bullis used his knowledge of West Texas to make very shrewd investments in land. In 1886 Bullis w...

Texas Rangers

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In November 1835, Texas lawmakers created a corps of Texas Rangers to guard the frontier between the Brazos and Trinity Rivers. During the Texas Revolution and republic era, the Rangers were used principally for protection against Native American raids. After serving for the Confederacy in the Civil War, the organization was restructured as state police and charged with the enforcement of unpopular Reconstruction laws. The beginning of the 20th century saw the Rangers involved in de...

Dobie, Dudley R., 1904-1982

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The cousin of J. Frank Dobie, Dudley Richard Dobie, Sr. (1904-1982) was born to ranchers William Neville and Mary E. (Mills) Dobie in Lagarto, Texas. In 1927, he graduated from Southwest Texas State Teachers College, now Texas State University-San Marcos (TSU) and married Deborah Galbreath, with whom he had three children. A writer on Texas history for numerous magazines and newspapers, Dobie received his master’s degree in history from the University of Texas at Austin in 1932. Thr...

Fisher, King, 1854-1884

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Aldrich, Roy Wilkinson, 1869-1955

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At the time of his death in 1955, Roy Wilkinson Aldrich had served in the Texas Rangers longer than any other man, 32 years, from his enlistment in 1915 to retirement in 1947 at the age of 78. From the days of the horseback Ranger of the frontier to the modern era of automobile and airplane, Aldrich built his career upon the major law-enforcement issues of Texas in the early Twentieth Century: The violence along the Mexican border stemming from the Mexican Revolution, fr...

Sul Ross State University

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Smithers, W.D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981

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Wilfred Dudley Smithers was born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, August 31, 1895, where his father was employed as a bookkeeper for the American Mine and Smelting Company. When he was 10, his family moved to San Antonio, Texas. He started his career in commercial photography in 1910, taking pictures at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio of pioneer aviation. He became an aerial photographer for the U.S. Army Aviation Service during World War I and he worked with the Army Civil Service as a ...