Fullerton's Rangers: A History of the New Mexico Territorial Mounted Police

by Chuck Hornung

Book Overview

In 1890, the U.S. government declared the frontier settled, and the "Wild West" was history. In the territory of New Mexico, however, crime still knew no limit and the gun was the final answer to all problems. Aiming to help New Mexico achieve statehood, its leaders decided they needed a mounted police force like those that had tamed Texas and Arizona.

This book describes the birth of the New Mexico Mounted Police in 1905 and tells the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786464267
• ISBN13: 9780786464265
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher