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Electra's The Globe, a Lost Building
The Globe Building in Electra, Texas is now lost.
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Jan 31, 2023
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Promiscuous Peddling: Shreveport's Farmers Market
To prevent shifty salesmen, the city of Shreveport erected an orderly Farmers Market.
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Jan 31, 2023
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Ward the Ville: Wardville, Oklahoma
Wardville, Oklahoma is a ghost town but don't call it that.
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Jan 31, 2023
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Red River Station on the Cattle Trail
Red River Station in Montague County, Texas is a ghost of the cattle trail driving past.
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Jan 31, 2023
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Learn that Business: Draughon's Practical Business Colleges
Draughon's Business Colleges private offered a "no-frills education without sports teams, commencement, and other distractions."
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Jan 31, 2023
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Colony Mission: Seeger Indian School in Washita County, Oklahoma
Colony, Washita County, Oklahoma was home to Seeger Indian Industrial School and the Dutch Reformed Church mission.
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Jan 31, 2023
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Camp Howze at Gainesville, Texas
The purpose of Camp Howze in Gainesville, Texas was to train infantry for activation during World War II.
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Jan 31, 2023
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Colbert's Bridge, Hotel, and Ferry at the Red River
Colbert's hotel stood above his ferry, which once was replaced by a bridge in 1875 that the Red River promptly washed away.
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Jan 31, 2023
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Rare Southwestern Arkansas Civil War Map
A rare, hand-drawn map of southwestern Arkansas during the Civil War.
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Jan 31, 2023
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Old Shed Road in Bossier City
The purpose of "Shed Road" in Bossier City was to prevent rain from soaking the dirt trail below.
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Jan 31, 2023
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Bad Bill Dalton, dead in Ardmore
Bill Dalton of the infamous "Dalton Gang" was born in Missouri in 1865 and died near Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma in 1894.
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Jan 31, 2023
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De Mézières writing Smack about Natchitoches after Taovaya
After his 1772 visit to Taovaya at the Red River, Athanase De Mézières preferred the villages over Natchitoches.
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Jan 31, 2023
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Garland in Bowie County, Texas
East of DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas and a few miles south of the Red River is the tiny community of Garland.
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Jan 31, 2023
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Oily Place: Bradley's Corner in Wichita County, Texas
Bradley's Corner was a "collection of tents, shacks and oil field shops" in the Northwest Extension Field.
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Jan 31, 2023
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