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
Soil Survey of Young County, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of Young County, Texas

Text describes the area, climate, agricultural history and statistics, soil-survey methods and definitions, soils and crops, land uses and agricultural methods, irrigation, and morphology and genesis of soils of Young County, Texas.
Date: 2009
Creator: Cyprian, Thomas E.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Young County, Block 15

Parent map for Young County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Young County, Block 14

Parent map for Young County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Jack County, Block 5

Parent map for Jack County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Young County, Block 1

Parent map for Young County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Stephens County, Block 4

Parent map for Stephens County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Stephens County, Block 2

Parent map for Stephens County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Palo Pinto County, Block 2

Parent map for Palo Pinto County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Young County, Inset B01

Inset map for Young County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:2,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Palo Pinto County, Index

Index map for Palo Pinto County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:87,409.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Palo Pinto County, Block 1

Parent map for Palo Pinto County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Baylor County, Index

Index map for Baylor County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:78,668.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Jack County, Index

Index map for Jack County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:76,483.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Archer County, Index

Index map for Archer County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:87,409.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Archer County, Block 13

Parent map for Archer County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Jack County, Block 1

Parent map for Jack County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Young County, Block 10

Parent map for Young County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Young County, Block 16

Parent map for Young County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Stephens County, Block 3

Parent map for Stephens County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Young County, Inset C01

Inset map for Young County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:10,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Young County, Inset C02

Inset map for Young County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:10,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Young County, Block 4

Parent map for Young County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Archer County, Block 15

Parent map for Archer County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History