[Aerial View of Aikin Park]

Photograph of Aikin Elementary School and the connected park located in Dallas County; the school and park are surrounded by a suburban area, and two roads run along the top and left side of the park in the picture.
Date: March 15, 1997
Creator: Loftin, Reginald G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Dallas Arboretum and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of the Dallas Arboretum and its surrounding area in Dallas, Texas. The arboretum is located in the center of the picture, to the right of White Rock Creek and to the left of Garland Road. The arboretum contains a building and parking lot, and subdivisions containing houses and other small buildings are visible to the right of Garland Road.
Date: March 15, 1997
Creator: Loftin, Reginald G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Chestnut Park and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Chestnut Park and its surrounding area in Dallas, Texas. The park sits near the center of the picture, between Cheyenne Road and Rain Forest Drive. Leota Drive and Happy Hollow Lane sit on the park's left and right sides respectively. The park is surrounded by residential suburbs.
Date: March 15, 1997
Creator: Loftin, Reginald G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Arbor Park and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Arbor Park and its surrounding area located in Dallas, Texas. The park is located in the center of the picture by the connection of Lemmonwood Drive and Stone River Road, and it can be seen directly to the left of Skillman Street, which goes from the top right of the picture to the bottom left. Some condos and apartments sit to the right of Skillman Street, while the left side is filled with residential suburbs.
Date: March 15, 1997
Creator: Loftin, Reginald G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of B.B. Owen Park and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of B.B. Owen Park and its surrounding area located in Dallas, Texas. The park is visible at the center of the picture, between Mapleridge Drive, Walnut Hill Lane, and Plano Road. Below the park, some residential areas are visible, and behind the park, some larger buildings and Lyndon B Johnson Freeway are shown.
Date: March 15, 1997
Creator: Loftin, Reginald G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Kensington Park]

Photograph of a dirt and grass park with playground equipment that has been identified as Kensington Park. The park is surrounded by suburban homes and is across the street from the Gilbert Cuellar Sr. Elementary School.
Date: March 15, 1997
Creator: Loftin, Reginald G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Kleberg Park]

Photograph of an aerial view of Kleberg Park. Key features of this city park include the Kleberg-Rylie recreation center, two (2) baseball fields, two (2) tennis courts, and a murky brown pond surrounded by bare trees. A service depot for school buses and the Kleberg-Rylie Branch Library neighbor the park to the North and East. A residential housing community resides across Edd Road to the South.
Date: March 15, 1997
Creator: Loftin, Reginald G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 15, 1997 (open access)

The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 15, 1997

Weekly student newspaper from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas that includes campus and local news along with advertising.
Date: October 15, 1997
Creator: Wood, Allison E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Along the Texas Forts Trail

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The task of providing military defense for the Texas Frontier was never an easy one because the territory was claimed by some of the greatest querrilla fighters of all times—the Comanches, Kiowas, Apaches, and Lipans. Protecting a line running from the Red River southwest to El Paso was an impossible task, but following the Mexican War the federal government attempted to do so by establishing a line of forts. During the Civil War the forts were virtually abandoned and the Indians once again ruled the area. Following the war when the military began to restore the old forts, they found that the Indians no longer fought with bows and arrows but shouldered the latest firearms. With their new weapons the Indians were able to inflict tremendous destruction, bringing demands from settlers for more protection. In the summer of 1866 a new line of forts appeared through central Texas under the leadership of General Philip H. Sheridan, commander of federal forces in Louisiana and Texas. Guardians of a raw young land and focal points of high adventure, the old forts were indispensable in their day of service and it is fitting that they be preserved. In and around the forts and …
Date: October 15, 1997
Creator: Aston, B. W.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Věstník (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 39, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 15, 1997 (open access)

Věstník (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 39, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 15, 1997

Weekly Czech and English language newspaper from Temple, Texas published as the official organ of the Slavonic Benevolent Order of the State of Texas that includes news of interest to members along with advertising.
Date: October 15, 1997
Creator: Vanicek, Brian
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gayly Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 24, Ed. 1 Monday, December 15, 1997 (open access)

The Gayly Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 24, Ed. 1 Monday, December 15, 1997

Semi-monthly newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.
Date: December 15, 1997
Creator: Hawkins, Don
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 81, No. 192, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 15, 1997 (open access)

The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 81, No. 192, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 15, 1997

Student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: July 15, 1997
Creator: Harden, Andrea
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

A Sniper in the Tower: the Charles Whitman Murders

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On August 1, 1966, Charles Joseph Whitman ascended the University of Texas Tower and committed what was then the largest simultaneous mass murder in American history. He gunned down forty-five people inside and around the Tower before he was killed by two Austin police officers. During the previous evening he had killed his wife and mother, bringing the total to sixteen people dead and at least thirty-one wounded. The murders spawned debates over issues which still plague America today: domestic violence, child abuse, drug abuse, military indoctrination, the insanity defense, and the delicate balance between civil liberties and public safety. "An outstanding job of chronicling one of the most significant cases in the annals of American crime. . . . Lavergne skillfully researched, documented, and analyzed a case that in many ways defined the concept of ‘mass murder’ . . . will likely become a classic in anyone’s library of true crime editions."--James Alan Fox, Dean of Criminal Justice, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, and an authority on mass murder
Date: March 15, 1997
Creator: Lavergne, Gary M.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Věstník (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 15, 1997 (open access)

Věstník (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 15, 1997

Weekly Czech and English language newspaper from Temple, Texas published as the official organ of the Slavonic Benevolent Order of the State of Texas that includes news of interest to members along with advertising.
Date: January 15, 1997
Creator: Vanicek, Brian
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 98, No. 104, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 15, 1997 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 98, No. 104, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 15, 1997

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 15, 1997
Creator: Cole, Carol
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 30, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 15, 1997 (open access)

The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 30, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 15, 1997

Semiweekly newspaper from Boerne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 15, 1997
Creator: Aldridge, Leon & D'Amico, Rob
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 1997 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 1997

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 15, 1997
Creator: Wisch, J. A. & Wisch, Rene
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 121, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 1997 (open access)

The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 121, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 1997

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, county, and state news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 15, 1997
Creator: Lucas, Donnie A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 81, No. 88, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 15, 1997 (open access)

The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 81, No. 88, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 15, 1997

Student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: January 15, 1997
Creator: Leonard, Christina
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 82, No. 286, Ed. 1 Friday, August 15, 1997 (open access)

Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 82, No. 286, Ed. 1 Friday, August 15, 1997

Daily newspaper from Sapulpa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 15, 1997
Creator: Diehl, Don
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Texas Register, Volume 22, Number 52, Pages 6495-6715, July 15, 1997 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 22, Number 52, Pages 6495-6715, July 15, 1997

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: July 15, 1997
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Oklahoma Eagle (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 76, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 1997 (open access)

The Oklahoma Eagle (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 76, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 1997

Weekly newspaper from Tulsa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 15, 1997
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 193, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 15, 1997 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 193, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 15, 1997

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 15, 1997
Creator: Dobbs, Gary
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History