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What was once Hell's Half Acre in Fort Worth
The courthouse once left an imposing impression on those plying their trades in old Hell's Half Acre, Fort Worth's red light district.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 22, 2023
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St. Paul Bottom in Shreveport
Established by freed African Americans in 1865, St. Paul Bottom bordered Twelve Mile Bayou in the northwest section of downtown Shreveport.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 22, 2023
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Dallas Vice: Boggy Bayou, Deep Ellum, the Reservation, West Dallas, and Commerce Street
Dallas boasted several vice districts: Boggy Bayou, Deep Ellum, the Reservation, West Dallas, and Commerce Street.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 22, 2023
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A Not-Always Fair Park in Dallas
Most of the buildings that lie inside Fair Park in Dallas today are landmarks built purposefully for the 1936 Centennial Exposition.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 20, 2023
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Coded and Uniform Architecture
Architecture was coded and uniform to be efficient in their builds, even the places that we now view as one-of-a-kind quaintness.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 20, 2023
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Sand Branch, or Simonds Precinct Cemetery, in Dallas County
The Simonds Precinct cemetery is known called to its families as "Sand Branch."
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 19, 2023
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D-Day Death in Cooke County
Sgt. Roy Speake died early in the morning on D-Day, June 6, 1944 during the invasion of Normandy, and is now buried in Cooke County, Texas.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 19, 2023
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Showman's Rest
Hugo's Mount Olivet Cemetery is home to Showman's Rest section, where circus folk go to get buried.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 19, 2023
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The Old Paris Cemeteries
Paris, Texas has several inactive, old cemeteries within its city limits.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 19, 2023
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Shreve Report on the Completion of the Red River Raft Removal
This report by Captain Henry Shreve explains that the Red River Raft removal is complete. Kinda.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 19, 2023
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Comanche Rations at Fort Supply
Comanches received rations of food as well as monies to offset the loss of territory at Fort Supply.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 18, 2023
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The Peru Ferry near Gilliam, Louisiana
The Peru Ferry near Gilliam served passengers and oil field traffic between Gilliam, Louisiana and the Old Plain Dealing Road.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 18, 2023
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Jerry Chinner, Brick-er
Much of the brick used in building Bonham (Fannin County, Texas) was fired in the kilns owned by Jerry Chinner, a Freeman.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 18, 2023
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Denison, Railroad City
The MKT made Denison a very important railroad city after the Civil War.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 18, 2023
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Fort Sill, Still Active
Fort Sill represents the Old West and flourishes as the last remaining, active military post that was built during the Indian wars.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 17, 2023
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Fort Richardson, the Red River War Fort
More than any other fort at or near the Red River Valley, Fort Richardson embodies American Indian reservation policy.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 17, 2023
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Fort Griffin, "Civilized"
Fort Griffin marked the boundary line ("the frontier") between Native American lands and white settlement ("civilization").
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 17, 2023
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Waterless and Bisonless Fort Phantom Hill
Fort Phantom Hill centered a small town of the same name in the 1880s, where the main source of income derived from buffalo slaughter.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 17, 2023
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Very Busy Fort Belknap
Fort Belknap became an important trading hub for Anglo settlement into the Comanceria.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 17, 2023
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Fort Washita
Fort Washita's main purpose was to protect Chickasaw and Choctaw settlers from the Plains Indians and Anglo "land smugglers."
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 17, 2023
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