Ranger force kept busy in Duval County
This is not Company C, but they depict the Texas Rangers from this time period. POSTED BY: CARDENAS.AE@GMAIL.COM FEBRUARY 23, 2016 In 1887, the area around Duval County was still a frontier region and the governor sent Company C of the Frontier Battalion of the Texas Rangers to the new town of Collins to keep watch. In October, Sgt. Grimes and three men went to Duval County to look for suspected horse thieves but they returned in three days empty-handed. Two days later, however, Private Durbin and three others went to Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr and Duval Counties and arrested Donacio Ochoa, Augustine Felipe and Amando Oyos. Sgt. Grimes took four other Rangers to Concepcion on the following day looking for smugglers and horse thieves, and they arrested Baltasar Rito for horse theft; Nicolas Sanchez and Andres Delgado for smuggling; and Hilario Cruz for carrying a pistol. The Rangers took the suspects to the “civil authorities,” presumably the Duval County Sheriff. Texas Ranger badge. P