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Ranger Peak was named for Company E, Texas Rangers, which was stationed one-half mile east of the peak in 1874. Atop the peak, Rangers under Capt. W.J. “Jeff” Maltby kept a lookout for Indians. The outfit was part of the Frontier Battalion, organized to protect Texas settlers on a frontier stretching from Red River to the Nueces. The camp was abandoned in 1876.
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