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The Ozark Trail, aka the original Route 66
The northwestern portions of the Ozark Trail were subsumed by the federal highway project designated as US 66, aka the original Route 66.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 27, 2024
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Coates' Bluff, the Original Shreveport
Coates' Bluff was Shreveport's original settlement, the site of a trading post within a Caddoan village.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 17, 2024
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First Map of the Mississippi
According to Jacques Marquette in 1673, this is the "First Map of the Mississippi River."
Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 12, 2024
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More Warren's Trading Post Maps
I found two other maps of Texas, both from the period after Texas statehood (1845), that shows Warren's trading posts.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 10, 2024
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Warren's Trading House at Salt Creek?
Pressler's 1867 shows Warren's Trading House sandwiched between Panther and Salt Creek (TX), and near Red Creek (OK), but not on Mud Creek.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 5, 2024
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The Old Washington Tavern
Built about 1830, the Washington Tavern served as a stage coach station as well as the nearest American boarding house to Mexican Texas.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 2, 2024
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A Map about an unrealized Future
A map about an unrealized future, drawn to indicate where the Texas & Pacific Railroad would pass once it was built west of Shreveport.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 2, 2024
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