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His study ''El Llano Estacado'' is the definitive work on the history, geography, peoples, and culture of the region of West Texas known as the "Staked Plains".<ref name=obit/> He also authored ''A Private in the Texas Rangers: A. T. Miller of Company B, Frontier Battalion''<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-private-in-the-texas-rangers-john-miller-morris/1114291339|title=A Private in the Texas Rangers|publisher=[[Texas A&M University]] Press|date=2001|isbn=9780890969649|access date=March 6, 2017}}</ref> and ''Taming the Land: The Lost Postcard Photographs of the Texas High Plains''.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/taming-the-land-john-miller-morris-jr/1112053618|title=Taming the Land: The Lost Postcard Photographs of the Texas High Plains|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|date=2009|isbn=9781603440370|accessdate=March 6, 2017}}</ref>
His study ''El Llano Estacado'' is the definitive work on the history, geography, peoples, and culture of the region of West Texas known as the "Staked Plains".<ref name=obit/> He also authored ''A Private in the Texas Rangers: A. T. Miller of Company B, Frontier Battalion''<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-private-in-the-texas-rangers-john-miller-morris/1114291339|title=A Private in the Texas Rangers|publisher=[[Texas A&M University]] Press|date=2001|isbn=9780890969649|access date=March 6, 2017}}</ref> and ''Taming the Land: The Lost Postcard Photographs of the Texas High Plains''.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/taming-the-land-john-miller-morris-jr/1112053618|title=Taming the Land: The Lost Postcard Photographs of the Texas High Plains|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|date=2009|isbn=9781603440370|accessdate=March 6, 2017}}</ref>
He procured awards from the University of Texas Regents for "Outstanding Teaching" and the Minnie Stevens Piper professorship for his teaching and academic achievement. Dean Dan Gelo of UTSA said that Morris brought "an infectious enthusiasm and abundance of energy to the classroom, and it's not unusual for students to [have taken] multiple courses from him because they enjoyed his teaching so much. He also is [was] a challenging teacher. His courses and grading standards are [were] known to be difficult, making [his] consistently positive student evaluations all the more impressive."<ref name=utsa>{{cite web|url=http//www.utsa.edu/today/2012/05/morris.html|title=John Miller Morris is named 2012 Piper Professor|author=Rebecca Luther|publisher=University of Texas at San Antonio|date=May 15, 2012|accessdate=March 6, 2017}}</ref> He was a member of the Texas Institute of Letters, the Texas State Historical Association, and the West Texas Historical Association. At the time of his death in San Antonio from complications of surgery, he was the outgoing president of the WTHA and had been preparing for the annual meeting to be held April 7-8 in Lubbock.<ref name=obit/>
He procured awards from the University of Texas Regents for "Outstanding Teaching" and the Minnie Stevens Piper professorship for his teaching and academic achievement. UTSA Dean Dan Gelo said that Morris brought "an infectious enthusiasm and abundance of energy to the classroom, and it's not unusual for students to [have taken] multiple courses from him because they enjoyed his teaching so much. He also is [was] a challenging teacher. His courses and grading standards are [were] known to be difficult, making [his] consistently positive student evaluations all the more impressive."<ref name=utsa>{{cite web|url=http://www.utsa.edu/today/2012/05/morris.html|title=John Miller Morris is named 2012 Piper Professor|author=Rebecca Luther|publisher=University of Texas at San Antonio|date=May 15, 2012|accessdate=March 6, 2017}}</ref> He was a member of the Texas Institute of Letters, the Texas State Historical Association, and the West Texas Historical Association. At the time of his death in San Antonio from complications of surgery, he was the outgoing president of the WTHA and had been preparing for the annual meeting to be held April 7-8 in Lubbock.<ref name=obit/>
He was active in clean-up drives in his Austin neighborhood and the surrounding area of Ranch-to-Market 2222. He worked to improve and expand the hiking trail at Long Canyon. He served numerous terms on his homeowner's association board. He worked with developers to assure that buildings would be as unobtrusive as possible in line with the beauty of the scenic Texas Hill Country. He spent years restoring a 140-year-old Victorian house that he rescued from demolition and moved to the hills and woods of west Austin.<ref name=obit/>
He was active in clean-up drives in his Austin neighborhood and the surrounding area of Ranch-to-Market 2222. He worked to improve and expand the hiking trail at Long Canyon. He served numerous terms on his homeowner's association board. He worked with developers to assure that buildings would be as unobtrusive as possible in line with the beauty of the scenic Texas Hill Country. He spent years restoring a 140-year-old Victorian house that he rescued from demolition and moved to the hills and woods of west Austin.<ref name=obit/>