Curated OER
Cardinals vs. Rangers, Game 6
So what happened in game 6 of the 2011 baseball World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Texas Rangers? Read this article and find out. A simple fill in the blank activity to use perhaps on a rainy day.
PBS
Pbs the West: Charles Goodnight
Charles Goodnight (1836-1929) was one of the most prosperous cattleman of the American West. Read a thorough biography about him here at this site.
MLB Advanced Media
Texas Rangers Official Site
Official site with schedule, ticketing, merchandise, player and team information, and information on the ballpark.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Pony Rider Boys With the Texas Rangers by Frank Gee Patchin
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is The Pony Rider Boys with the Texas Rangers, a book from Frank Gee Patchin's early 1900's series, "The Pony Rider Boys."
Cengage Learning
Gale Hispanic Heritage Biographies: Alex Rodriguez
A biography and interesting facts about this Hispanic American major league baseball player who signed a record $252 million contract.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Rangers and Outlaws
Learn about the age of Texas Rangers and outlaws in Texas during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Native American Relations in Texas: Sam Houston to John Linney, Sept 1836
Read a letter through which Sam Houston recruits Indian tribes "to act in the policing of" Texas. This site includes images of the original letter, as well as line-by-line transcription of the handwritten text.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Native American Relations in Texas: Indians and the Texas Revolution
Read about the importance of the support of various Indian tribes in the success of the Texas Revolution. See primary sources that explore this topic.
Other
Texas Ranger Hall of Fame: John Coffee "Jack" Hays 1817 1883
A biography of John Coffee Hays, a prominent Texas Ranger in the 1800s.