The Mexicans called the Texas Rangers "Los Diablos Tejanos", which means Texan Devils in engllish.
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they call it Baja!
Everywhere. It belonged to Mexico.
Los Estados Unidos
Sam Houston's significance was he routed the Mexicans at the Battle of San Jacinto, which is what ended the battle. he also was the first President of Texas before he served as a US Senator and a Governor of Texas.
There was another sports team in Dallas with the name Dallas Rangers which in the 60's that is what the team was called. The owners called them Dallas Cowboys to avoid confusion. It's Texas. There used to be cowboys. Originally they were slated to be known as the Rangers but a local minor league baseball team was already using the name Rangers and the front office did not want to create any confusion so they went with a common Texas dweller, COWBOYS.