PREFACE CONTINUE -- In December, 1846, the Congress of the Republic of Texas passed a law providing that then President Sam Houston raise a battalion of 380 riflemen to enable the Rangers to expand their operations and enforce the law throughout the border area, including the counties of: Gonzalez, Bastrop, Robertson, and Milan. A year later the force was again expanded; to 500 men and their protection now included San Patricio, Goliad and Refugio counties.
It was in 1841 that the Brice family established their place in the Texas Rangers.
IN THE YEAR of our Lord, 2010, several characters were running amok and creating mayhem in South Central Texas. These people would have done well to understand that they were about to confront a tall man in his seventies. A man who carried a Samuel Colt .45 revolver on his hip and wore a gold badge on his uniform shirt.
The man's name was Ben Brice. That they knew nothing of this man resulted in their ultimate destruction.
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