Texas secessionists standoff : the 1997 Republic of Texas "War" /
On April 27, 1997, Richard Lance McLaren and his followers in the so-called "Republic of Texas (ROT)" militia held Joe and Margaret Ann Rowe hostage inside their own home at the Davis Mountain Resort, near Fort Davis, Texas and demanded the release of two jailed ROT members Jo Ann Turner a...
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College Station :
Texas A&M University Press,
[2023].
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Texas experience (Texas A & M University Press)
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Table of Contents:
- Before the ROT War
- Jo Ann Canady Turner's Arrest, April 22, 1997
- Jo Ann Canady's Childhood
- Bill Turner
- Foreclosure
- Richard Lance McLaren
- The Birth of the ROT Militia
- Jo Ann Canady Turner's Incarceration
- The ROT War
- The ROT Takes Hostages
- Day One: Standoff at the ROT Embassy
- Day Two: The Media Creates "Satellite City"
- Day Three: Texas Rangers Move Closer
- Day Four: Supporters Attempt to Join the Rebellion
- Day Five: The Texas Rangers Show Restraint
- Day Six: Robert Scheidt Surrenders
- Day Seven: The McLarens Surrender as Two ROT Members Escape
- Day Eight: Deactivating Explosives in the DMR
- Day Nine: Mike Matson Dies
- Day Ten: The Search for Richard Keyes Ends in the Mountains
- After the ROT War
- State Trial for the ROT, and the Worst of Times for the Turners
- The Turners Leave the Country at the End of the ROT's First Federal Trial
- The Turners Return as ROT Members Await Another Federal Trial
- The Turners Become Home Stagers and ROT Members Imprisoned
- Ninety-Nine Years Imprisonment for Richard Lance McLaren
- Kelly Turner's Murder
- The ROT Today.