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Terry Rangers Monument

 
 
Terry Rangers Monument Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 6, 1998
1. Terry Rangers Monument Marker
Inscription.

“There is no danger of a surprise when the Rangers are between us and the enemy.”
General Braxton Bragg

“The Terry Rangers have done all that could be expected or required of soldiers.”
Jefferson Davis
 
Erected 1907 by Surviving Comrades.
 
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. 30° 16.435′ N, 97° 44.45′ W. Monument is in Austin, Texas, in Travis County. It is in Downtown Austin. It is on East 11th Street west of Congress Avenue, on the right when traveling west. This statue is on the lawn of the Texas State Capitol. Touch for map. Monument is in this post office area: Austin TX 78701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in Central Texas. It is also in the American South. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Republic of Texas, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Terry’s Texas Rangers Monument (here, next to this marker); The Great Walk (a few steps from this marker); Monuments of the Great Walk (within shouting distance of this marker); Heroes of the Alamo (within shouting distance of this marker); West Drinking Fountain (within shouting distance of this marker); Cannons and Fountains (within shouting distance of this marker); Capitol of 1852-53
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(within shouting distance of this marker); Artesian Well and East Drinking Fountain (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Austin.
 
Texas State Capitol Building-north side image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 6, 1998
2. Texas State Capitol Building-north side
Terry Rangers Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James Hulse, August 30, 2022
3. Terry Rangers Monument
The memorial is located below the statue of Terry’s Texas Rangers
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 29, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 737 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on July 29, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland.   3. submitted on August 30, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 9, 2026