Garber Billings News (Garber, Okla.), Vol. 104, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 15, 2004 (open access)

Garber Billings News (Garber, Okla.), Vol. 104, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 15, 2004

Weekly newspaper from Garber, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 15, 2004
Creator: Hogan, Vickie Lee
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 15, 2004 (open access)

Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 15, 2004

Weekly newspaper from Archer City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 15, 2004
Creator: Lewis, Shelley
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hudspeth County Herald and Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 59, Ed. 1 Friday, October 15, 2004 (open access)

Hudspeth County Herald and Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 59, Ed. 1 Friday, October 15, 2004

Weekly newspaper from Dell City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 15, 2004
Creator: Lynch, Mary Louise
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 8, Ed. 1, Wednesday, September 15, 2004 (open access)

The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 8, Ed. 1, Wednesday, September 15, 2004

Tri-weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: September 15, 2004
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 17, Ed. 1, Friday, October 15, 2004 (open access)

The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 17, Ed. 1, Friday, October 15, 2004

Tri-weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 15, 2004
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 2004 (open access)

Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 2004

Weekly newspaper from Stamford, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 15, 2004
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alvin Sun-Advertiser (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 65, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 15, 2004 (open access)

Alvin Sun-Advertiser (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 65, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 15, 2004

Weekly newspaper from Alvin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 15, 2004
Creator: Schwind, Jim & Looby, Edward
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 15, 2004 (open access)

The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 15, 2004

Weekly student newspaper from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: April 15, 2004
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 89, No. 182, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 15, 2004 (open access)

Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 89, No. 182, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 15, 2004

Daily newspaper from Sapulpa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 15, 2004
Creator: Broaddus, Matthew B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 131, No. 64, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 15, 2004 (open access)

The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 131, No. 64, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 15, 2004

Semiweekly newspaper from Carthage, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 15, 2004
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gayly Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 16, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 15, 2004 (open access)

The Gayly Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 16, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 15, 2004

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: August 15, 2004
Creator: Hawkins, Don
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Today Cedar Hill (Duncanville, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 2004 (open access)

Today Cedar Hill (Duncanville, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 2004

Weekly newspaper published in Duncanville, Texas that includes local Cedar Hill, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 15, 2004
Creator: Gooch, Robin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 15, 2004 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 15, 2004

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 15, 2004
Creator: Bush, Kent
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 227, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 15, 2004 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 227, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 15, 2004

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 15, 2004
Creator: Cash, Wanda Garner
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pawhuska Journal-Capital (Pawhuska, Okla.), Vol. 96, No. 47, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 15, 2004 (open access)

Pawhuska Journal-Capital (Pawhuska, Okla.), Vol. 96, No. 47, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 15, 2004

Weekly newspaper from Pawhuska, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 15, 2004
Creator: Linam, Steve Ray
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 155, No. 43, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 15, 2004 (open access)

Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 155, No. 43, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 15, 2004

Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 15, 2004
Creator: Whitehead, Marie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 75, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 15, 2004 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 75, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 15, 2004

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 15, 2004
Creator: Cash, Wanda Garner
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

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

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
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