San Antonio, Bexar County, and the Texas Rangers: The struggle of prohibition enforcement

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dc.contributor.advisorLanddeck, Katherine S
dc.contributor.committeeMemberVan Erve, Wouter
dc.contributor.committeeMemberParker, James
dc.creatorFebre, Matthew David 10/17/1995-
dc.creator.orcid0009-0007-4119-3012
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-26T17:37:47Z
dc.date.available2023-06-26T17:37:47Z
dc.date.created2023-05
dc.date.issuedMay-23
dc.date.submittedMay-23
dc.date.updated2023-06-26T17:37:48Z
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to examine the enforcement of Prohibition in San Antonio, Texas, both before nationwide implementation and through Governor Pat Neff’s Ranger occupation of the city between September 1923 to January 1925. Due to the challenges of Prohibition enforcement, Governor Neff, during his second term, created a new company of the famed Texas Rangers to police Prohibition within San Antonio with mixed results. This year-and-a-half-long enforcement campaign ended with the court case Neff vs. Elgin and the election of Governor Miriam Ferguson. Major primary sources of this thesis include various newspaper articles primarily from San Antonio, letters from Governor Neff and Rangers from San Antonio, including Captain Berkhead C. Baldwin, and court documents from Neff vs. Elgin. While Neff’s occupation of San Antonio successfully enforced vice laws, the campaign proved difficult to maintain because of the unprofessionalism, uncooperativeness, and violent methods of the Texas Rangers.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11274/15155
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.subjectHistory, United States
dc.subject.otherTexas Rangers
dc.subject.otherProhibition
dc.subject.otherSan Antonio
dc.subject.otherEnforcement
dc.subject.otherPat Neff
dc.titleSan Antonio, Bexar County, and the Texas Rangers: The struggle of prohibition enforcement
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Arts and Sciences
thesis.degree.departmentSocial Sciences and Historical Studies
thesis.degree.disciplineHistory
thesis.degree.grantorTexas Woman's University
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Art
thesis.degree.programChicago 17th edition
thesis.degree.schoolTexas Woman's University

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