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Nothing else comes close: the most famous quote ever attributed to the Texas Rangers is ?one riot, one Ranger.? Legendary Captain Bill McDonald (left) is usually credited with the saying.As the story goes, sometime during the 1890s there was going to be a prizefight in Dallas . . .or maybe it was West Texas . . . or possibly it was somewhere along the Rio Grande. We may not be sure of the exact location, but we are sure it was somewhere in Texas. Anyway, frantic citizens had put out a desperate plead for a company of Rangers to stop the fight. Imagine their shock when one solitary Ranger, often said to be McDonald, got off the train. Looking at the lone Ranger, the townsmen wanted to know when the rest of the company would arrive. Then came the legendary reply: ?There?s just one prizefight, isn?t there?