Death on the Lonely Llano Estacado: The Assassination of J. W. Jarrott, a Forgotten Hero

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In the winter of 1901, James W. Jarrott led a band of twenty-five homesteader families toward the Llano Estacado in far West Texas, newly opened for settlement by a populist Texas legislature. But frontier cattlemen who had been pasturing their herds on the unfenced prairie land were enraged by the encroachment of these “nesters.” In August 1902 a famous hired assassin, Jim Miller, ambushed and murdered J. W. Jarrott. Who hired Miller? This crime has never been solved, until now. Award-winning author Bill Neal investigates this cold case and successfully pieces together all the threads of circumstantial evidence to fit the noose snugly around the neck of Jim Miller’s employer. What emerges from these pages is the strength of intriguing characters in an engrossing narrative: Jim Jarrott, the diminutive advocate who fearlessly champions the cause of the little guy. The ruthless and slippery assassin, Deacon Jim Miller. And finally Jarrott’s young widow Mollie, who perseveres and prospers against great odds and tells the settlers to “Stay put!”
Date: July 2017
Creator: Neal, Bill
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Seaborn Hill: Trader in the Creek Nation and Frontier Businessman, 1808-44 (open access)

Seaborn Hill: Trader in the Creek Nation and Frontier Businessman, 1808-44

Article examines the life of successful trader Seaborn Hill through documentation of his life and the mysterious case of his murder by displaced Creek Indian Agent agent James L. Dawson.
Date: Autumn 2017
Creator: Siebold, John W.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 135, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 8, 2017 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 135, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 8, 2017
Creator: Armstrong, Mark J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 128, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 14, 2017 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 128, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 14, 2017

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 14, 2017
Creator: Armstrong, Mark J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
How Attitudes towards Statistics Courses and the Field of Statistics Predicts Statistics Anxiety among Undergraduate Social Science Majors: A Validation of the Statistical Anxiety Scale (open access)

How Attitudes towards Statistics Courses and the Field of Statistics Predicts Statistics Anxiety among Undergraduate Social Science Majors: A Validation of the Statistical Anxiety Scale

The aim of this study was to validate an instrument that can be used by instructors or social scientist who are interested in evaluating statistics anxiety. The psychometric properties of the English version of the Statistical Anxiety Scale (SAS) was examined through a confirmatory factor analysis of scores from a sample of 323 undergraduate social science majors enrolled in colleges and universities in the United States. In previous studies, the psychometric properties of the Spanish and Italian versions of the SAS were validated; however, the English version of the SAS had never been assessed. Inconsistent with previous studies, scores on the English version of the SAS did not produce psychometrically acceptable values of validity. However, the results of this study suggested the potential value of a revised two-factor model SAS to measure statistics anxiety. Additionally, the Attitudes Towards Statistics (ATS) scale was used to examine the convergent and discriminant validities of the two-factor SAS. As expected, the correlation between the two factors of the SAS and the two factors of the ATS uncovered a moderately negative correlation between examination anxiety and attitudes towards the course. Additionally, the results of a structural regression model of attitudes towards statistics as a predictor …
Date: August 2017
Creator: Obryant, Monique J
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 175, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 4, 2017 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 175, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 4, 2017

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 4, 2017
Creator: Armstrong, Mark J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 109, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 28, 2017 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 109, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 28, 2017

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 28, 2017
Creator: Armstrong, Mark J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 141, Ed. 1 Friday, March 17, 2017 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 141, Ed. 1 Friday, March 17, 2017

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 17, 2017
Creator: Armstrong, Mark J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 92, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 5, 2017 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 92, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 5, 2017

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 5, 2017
Creator: Armstrong, Mark J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 232, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 26, 2017 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 232, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 26, 2017
Creator: Armstrong, Mark J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 128, No. 77, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 21, 2017 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 128, No. 77, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 21, 2017

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 21, 2017
Creator: Armstrong, Mark J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 105, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 24, 2017 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 105, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 24, 2017
Creator: Armstrong, Mark J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 208, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 21, 2017 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 208, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 21, 2017
Creator: Armstrong, Mark J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Supreme Court Appointment Process: President's Selection of a Nominee (open access)

Supreme Court Appointment Process: President's Selection of a Nominee

This report discusses the process for appointing Supreme Court Justices. Each appointment to the nine-member Court is of consequence because of the enormous judicial power that the Court exercises, separate from, and independent of, the executive and legislative branches.
Date: February 6, 2017
Creator: McMillion, Barry J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 128, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 9, 2017 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 128, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 9, 2017

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 9, 2017
Creator: Armstrong, Mark J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 128, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 14, 2017 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 128, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 14, 2017

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 14, 2017
Creator: Armstrong, Mark J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 106, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 25, 2017 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 106, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 25, 2017
Creator: Armstrong, Mark J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 140, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 16, 2017 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 140, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 16, 2017

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 16, 2017
Creator: Armstrong, Mark J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 212, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 27, 2017 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 212, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 27, 2017
Creator: Armstrong, Mark J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 256, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 30, 2017 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 256, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 30, 2017
Creator: Armstrong, Mark J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 246, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 16, 2017 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 246, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 16, 2017
Creator: Armstrong, Mark J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 206, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 17, 2017 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 206, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 17, 2017

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 17, 2017
Creator: Armstrong, Mark J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 252, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 24, 2017 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 252, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 24, 2017

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 24, 2017
Creator: Armstrong, Mark J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 204, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 15, 2017 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 204, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 15, 2017

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 15, 2017
Creator: Armstrong, Mark J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History