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Life of the Marlows: a True Story of Frontier Life of Early Days
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The story of the five Marlow brothers and their tribulations in late nineteenth-century Texas is the stuff of Old West legend (and served to inspire the John Wayne movie, The Sons of Katie Elder). Violent, full of intrigue, with characters of amazing heroism and deplorable cowardice, their story was first related by William Rathmell in Life of the Marlows, a little book published in 1892, shortly after the events it described in Young County, Texas. It told how Boone, the most reckless of the brothers, shot and killed a popular sheriff and escaped, only to be murdered later by bounty hunters. The other four brothers, arrested as accessories and jailed, made a daring break from confinement but were recaptured. Once back in their cells, they were forced to fight off a mob intent on lynching them. Later, shackled together, the Marlows were placed on wagons by officers late at night, bound for another town, but they were ambushed by angry citizens. In the resulting battle two of the brothers were shot and killed, the other two severely wounded, and three mob members died. The surviving brothers eventually were exonerated, but members of the mob that had attacked them were prosecuted …
Date:
September 15, 2004
Creator:
Rathmell, William
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Graham]
B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
October 30, 1979, 5:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Graham]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
October 30, 1979, 6:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the Educational Achievement of Two Groups of Seventh Grade Students Matched on the Basis of Intelligence Quotient, One Group from Independent School Districts, the Other from Common School Districts in Young County, Texas
This study is the result of testing conducted on seventh grade students to determine the influence of environment on academic achievement.
Date:
August 1939
Creator:
Fain, William Floyd
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Truncilla macrodon, Specimen #1513
One preserved mussel specimen including both the left and right valves. The specimen exhibits an elliptical shape; white internal coloring; tan external coloring; no external sculpturing. The specimen measures between 0 - 60 mm in length and was assessed to be recently dead when collected.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Cummings, W. F.
Object Type:
Specimen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Pyganodon grandis, Specimen #732
One preserved mussel specimen including the left valve only. The specimen exhibits an elliptical shape; thin shell; double looped beak sculpturing; white internal coloring; brown external coloring; no external sculpturing. Collected in the Brazos basin. The specimen measures over 120 mm in length and was assessed to be relatively-recently dead when collected.
Date:
June 24, 1974
Creator:
Pettit, J.
Object Type:
Specimen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Bowie youths killed]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Pat Cleveland and Buddy Fernoglio dying during a fatal car crash in Olney, Texas.
Date:
September 9, 1972, 6:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Buggy-Shackle
Patent for a buggy shackle which "has a spring actuated coupling pin, and means for holding the pin in uncoupled position while the thills are being attached" (lines 10-13).
Date:
August 2, 1910
Creator:
Perry, Charles Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bridge Over River
Copy negative of the Eliasville Bridge over the Brazos River in 1909. The bridge is crowded with people.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Family Picture
Copy negative of the Hefner family, gathered outdoors. The group includes sixteen women in high-collared dresses, twenty-one men in suits and ties, eleven young girls, nine young boys and five babies. In the background are trees.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Family Picture
Copy negative of the Hefner family, gathered outdoors. The group includes sixteen women in high-collared dresses, twenty-one men in suits and ties, eleven young girls, nine young boys and five babies. In the background are trees.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Group Portrait
Copy negative of three men and three women. In the back row, left to right, is Martin Hudspeth, Lena Hudspeth, Alpha Omega Weatherford and Jim Norton. In the front row is Lee Corbett and Lela Hefner. The men are wearing button-up shirts, neckties and cowboy hats. The women are wearing dresses and tall hats. Mrs. Hudspeth wears a necklace and a belt.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
House Exterior
Copy negative of a postcard showing Oliver Loving's residence in Graham, Texas. The picture is of a large multi-level house with four trees and a white fence in front.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hefner Family Reunion
Copy negative of two pictures at a family reunion. The top picture is of seven women standing in a field looking to the right. They are from left to right Myrtle Milling Hefner, Jennie Robinson, Lela Cummings, Katie Syrena Hefner Hughes, Mollie Corbett Hefner, and Ethel Stewart Hefner. The bottom picture is of six people standing in front of a tree in a field with a house and another man in the background. They are from left to right Katie Syrena Hefner Hughes, Clara Ann Hefner Smith, Warren Hefner, Tom Clyde Hefner, Lela Hefner Cummings, and Mary Virginia Hefner Robinson.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portrait of Women
Copy negative of a portrait of Eula Norton and May Brockman wearing high collared jackets and upswept hair.
Date:
1900~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Family Reunion
Copy negative of five members from five generations of a family at the Hefner family reunion and Warren Hefner's birthday. From left to right they are Warren Hefner, Katie Syrena Hefner Hughes, Will Hughes, and Edna Hughes Wood and daughter.
Date:
1930~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
People on Picnic
Copy negative of a group of people at a picnic, including Alta Walker, Jim Norton, Alpha Weatherford, Jonathan Stone, Andrew Hefner, Effie, Eldridge, Sterling Weatherford, Lela Hefner, Wesley Weatherford, Mollie Weatherford, Drew Johnson and Beatrice Norton. They are divided into two rows with the first row all sitting down on the grass while the second row stands behind them. Also they are all wearing hats. In the background there are trees and a lake.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portrait of Couple
Copy negative of an artist's portrait of Joe Baxter Wear and Hattie Susan Wear made near Graham, Texas in the 1890's.
Date:
1890~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Heydrick's Ownership Map of Young Co., Texas.
Survey map of Young County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, bodies of water, roads, railroads, and oil fields. A legend indicating drilling wells, gas wells, abandoned wells, and dry holes is included in the upper-right corner. Scale [ca. 1:48,000] (4000 feet to the inch).
Date:
1955
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Old Colony and District Map 27.
Blueline format of survey map of Peter's Colony of North Texas and Young County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, and blocks of land. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map by the surveyor, Dennis Corwin, and other agents of the Texan Emigration and Land Company to certify the map's authenticity. No scale information included.
Date:
1870
Creator:
Corwin, Dennis
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wichita Falls
Topographic quadrangle map of Wichita Falls, Texas, showing populated areas, boundaries, water bodies, railroads, roads, and landmarks. Relief shown by contours (interval 100 feet) and spot heights and includes a location diagram. Scale 1:250,000
Date:
1954
Creator:
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Young County, Texas.
Cadastral map of Young County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, railroads, bodies of water, pipelines, and oilfields. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Poison water]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
April 24, 1980, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Graham]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
December 10, 1979, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library