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The Union Republican. (Huntsville, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 2, 1869 (open access)

The Union Republican. (Huntsville, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 2, 1869

Weekly newspaper from Huntsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 2, 1869
Creator: Goddin, M. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Union Republican. (Huntsville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 15, 1871 (open access)

The Union Republican. (Huntsville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 15, 1871

Weekly newspaper from Huntsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 15, 1871
Creator: Goddin, M. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Union Republican. (Huntsville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 5, 1871 (open access)

The Union Republican. (Huntsville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 5, 1871

Weekly newspaper from Huntsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 5, 1871
Creator: Goddin, M. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 96, July 1992 - April, 1993 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 96, July 1992 - April, 1993

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 651.
Date: 1993
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Case: Division A Category 1 Best News Cast] captions transcript

[News Clip: Case: Division A Category 1 Best News Cast]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: December 10, 1981
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Item. (Huntsville, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, August 4, 1865 (open access)

The Item. (Huntsville, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, August 4, 1865

Daily newspaper from Huntsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 4, 1865
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folk Art in Texas (open access)

Folk Art in Texas

This book describes popular folk art of Texas, including basket weaving, hat-making, yard art, sculptures, murals, cemetery art, quilt-making, tattoo art, and other miscellaneous folk art. The index begins on page 198.
Date: 1985
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Huntsville Post-Item (Huntsville, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, January 4, 1907 (open access)

The Huntsville Post-Item (Huntsville, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, January 4, 1907

Weekly newspaper from Huntsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 4, 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Banner (Huntsville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 43, Ed. 1, Saturday, November 24, 1849 (open access)

The Texas Banner (Huntsville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 43, Ed. 1, Saturday, November 24, 1849

Weekly newspaper from Huntsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 24, 1849
Creator: Hatch, F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Banner (Huntsville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 5, Ed. 1, Saturday, February 3, 1849 (open access)

The Texas Banner (Huntsville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 5, Ed. 1, Saturday, February 3, 1849

Weekly newspaper from Huntsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 3, 1849
Creator: Hatch, F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Eleven Days in Hell: the 1974 Carrasco Prison Siege in Huntsville, Texas

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From one o’clock on the afternoon of July 24, 1974, until shortly before ten o’clock the night of August 3, eleven days later, one of the longest hostage-taking sieges in the history of the United States took place in Texas’s Huntsville State Prison. The ringleader, Federico (Fred) Gomez Carrasco, the former boss of the largest drug-running operation in south Texas, was serving life for assault with intent to commit murder on a police officer. Using his connections to smuggle guns and ammunition into the prison, and employing the aid of two other inmates, he took eleven prison workers and four inmates hostage in the prison library. Demanding bulletproof helmets and vests, he planned to use the hostages as shields for his escape. Negotiations began immediately with prison warden H. H. Husbands and W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director of the Texas Department of Corrections. The Texas Rangers, the Department of Public Safety, and the FBI arrived to assist as the media descended on Huntsville. When one of the hostages suggested a moving structure of chalkboards padded with law books to absorb bullets, Carrasco agreed to the plan. The captors entered their escape pod with four hostages and secured eight others to …
Date: August 15, 2004
Creator: Harper, William T.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library