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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.
System: The UNT Digital Library
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: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
Catalog of Sam Houston State University: 2006-2008 Undergraduate (open access)

Catalog of Sam Houston State University: 2006-2008 Undergraduate

Catalog of undergraduate courses offered by Sam Houston State University for the 2006-2008 school years, as well as general information about the university, programs, and policies, with announcements for the 2006-2008 sessions.
Date: 2006
Creator: Sam Houston State University
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sam Houston State University Operating Budget: 2017 (open access)

Sam Houston State University Operating Budget: 2017

Proposed budget for Sam Houston State University outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation for the fiscal years 2016-2017.
Date: 2017
Creator: Sam Houston State University
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sam Houston State University Recommended Budget: 2018 (open access)

Sam Houston State University Recommended Budget: 2018

Proposed budget for Sam Houston State University outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation for the fiscal year 2017-2018.
Date: 2017
Creator: Sam Houston State University
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sam Houston State University Operating Budget: 2014 (open access)

Sam Houston State University Operating Budget: 2014

Proposed budget for Sam Houston State University outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation, for fiscal year 2014.
Date: 2013
Creator: Sam Houston State University
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sam Houston State University Operating Budget: 2015 (open access)

Sam Houston State University Operating Budget: 2015

Proposed budget for Sam Houston State University outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date: 2014
Creator: Sam Houston State University
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sam Houston State University Operating Budget: 2012 (open access)

Sam Houston State University Operating Budget: 2012

Recommended annual budget for Sam Houston State University including summaries of estimated income, expenses, and other revenues.
Date: 2011
Creator: Sam Houston State University
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sam Houston State University Operating Budget: 2016 (open access)

Sam Houston State University Operating Budget: 2016

Proposed budget for Sam Houston State University outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date: 2015
Creator: Sam Houston State University
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sam Houston State University Operating Budget: 2021 (open access)

Sam Houston State University Operating Budget: 2021

Proposed budget for Sam Houston State University outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation, for fiscal year 2020.
Date: 2020
Creator: Sam Houston State University
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Gulf Coast, September 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Gulf Coast, September 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Gulf Coast Texas area.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest (open access)

The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest

This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date: 1896
Creator: Texas & Pacific Railway
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Gulf Coast, June 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Gulf Coast, June 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Gulf Coast Texas area.
Date: June 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Gulf Coast, December 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Gulf Coast, December 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Gulf Coast Texas area.
Date: December 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
System: The Portal to Texas History
Walker County, Texas Cemeteries: Volume 3 (open access)

Walker County, Texas Cemeteries: Volume 3

List of markers in Walker County cemeteries in Huntsville, Texas, including the Oakwood, Adickes, Mayes, St. Stephen's Columbarium, Captain Joe Byrd, Wynne Farm, and Goree Farm. Each entry includes the name, birth and death dates, plot number, and any additional information known. Some historical and supplemental information is also included about the cemeteries and families. An index to names starts on page 159.
Date: 2007
Creator: Walker County Genealogical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Thomas J. Hayman, December 4, 1989 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Thomas J. Hayman, December 4, 1989

Interview with Thomas Hayman, a builder from Huntsville, Texas, who was involved in the development of Hamilton Park. Hayman discusses his education and early career, going into the construction business, work with the Army Corps of Engineers during WWII, building projects in Dallas, the Dallas Interracial Association, prominent figures in Dallas business and the black community, and the process of building Hamilton Park.
Date: December 4, 1989
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Hayman, Thomas J.
System: The UNT Digital Library