; they became frontier law enforcement. After the Civil War they became frontier peace officers protecting against outlaws and banditry and providing law enforcement to new towns and settlements on burgeoning railroad routes and cattle trails. With the turn of the 20th century they became a State Police handling lawlessness in oil boomtowns, violations of Prohibition, and gangsters. (4) In 1935, the Texas Rangers were incorporated into one of the first Departments of Public Safety in the Nation. Today, they are internationally respected for conducting major criminal investigations, suppression of organized crime, border reconnaissance, SWAT, bomb squad, special rapid response, crisis negotiation, joint intelligence center management, and investigation of unsolved crimes. Pioneering initiatives such as the interdiction for the protection of children have resulted in invitations from law enforcement agencies throughout the Nation and internationally from Australia to Great Britain to help initiate similar law enforcement initiatives. (5) The Texas Rangers have partnered with Federal agencies on numerous public safety and relief initiatives such as in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey and with the Federal Bureau of Investigations on numerous occasions, including the pursuit of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. (6) The Texas Rangers are also an icon of American popular culture. Songs, books, and novels have been written about them since the 1840s. They are America’s largest and oldest multimedia franchise dating back to the earliest years of film, radio, and television. They have been featured in more than 225 movies and seven television series. After the Alamo, the Texas Rangers are the best internationally known historical symbol of Texas. (7) The Texas Ranger Division Commemorative Coin will be the first commemorative coin to honor the Ranger Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety. (8) The United States should pay tribute to the Nation’s oldest statewide investigative law enforcement agency, the