Historical Marker
Ranger Peak
Historical marker location:
FM 382 via FM 1770, Winters, Texas
( from Winters, go east on FM 1770 about 12 miles then go north on FM 382 about 3.5 miles)
Marker installed: 1970
Named for Company E, Texas Rangers, which was stationed 1/2 mile east of peak in 1874. Atop peak, Rangers (Under Capt. W. J. "Jeff" Maltby) kept a lookout for Indians. Outfit was part of the frontier battalion, organized to protect Texas settlers on frontier stretching from Red River to the Nueces. Camp was abandoned in 1876.