Robin Cole-JettAug 2, 2021Crossing at Doan'sIf you counted yourself among the fashionable pioneer set, a MUST-DO was to cross into Indian Territory by way of the Doan's Store....
Robin Cole-JettJun 30, 2021Criminal architectureSince 1880s at least, and most likely at least two decades prior, the corner of State/ East Fourth/ Sam Rayburn and North Chestnut...
Robin Cole-JettJun 30, 2021Denison DAM!When Sam Rayburn, U.S. Speaker of the House from Bonham (Fannin County, Texas), proposed the flood control project for the Red River at...
Robin Cole-JettJun 30, 2021Old Arkansas HomeIn the 1820s, the Blevins family built a primitive, two story home without the use of nails in today's Hempstead County, Arkansas. This...
Robin Cole-JettJun 28, 2021Dr. King's Visit to ShreveportIn January of 2002, Shreveport resident William Hines, who was one of the city's first African American police officers, gave an oral...
Robin Cole-JettJun 28, 2021Muriel and BoggyIn 1927, Muriel H. Wright, a teacher and one of Oklahoma's most detailed historians, mapped Boggy Depot (Atoka County, Oklahoma) from...
Robin Cole-JettJun 28, 2021Lone GraveAlong a county road in Jackson County, Oklahoma, lies the lonesome grave of Joel Moseley, 1846-1890. Mr. Moseley was born in Georgia and,...
Robin Cole-JettApr 1, 2020Jail baitInside the jail cells in a field in rural Denton County. I love estate sales, where I look for old correspondence and photographs. I’m...
Robin Cole-JettMar 10, 2020Rural educationFarmers Improvement College near Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas. (Baylor University) In 1906, a group of civic leaders put their...
Robin Cole-JettFeb 17, 2020A visit to Brushy MoundA feature map of Cooke County, Texas, reveals the Brushy Mound community, also known as Brushy Mountain (Texas General Land Office). The...
Robin Cole-JettJun 17, 2019Roosevelt schoolin’The well-built little school in Roosevelt, built by the Works Progress Administration, had two entrances – one for girls, and one for...
Robin Cole-JettSep 21, 2018An Embarrassment of Architectural Treasures in De Soto ParishAccording to the National Register, De Soto Parish, which lies between the Red and Sabine rivers in northwestern Louisiana, contains the...
Robin Cole-JettJul 12, 2018Fort Towson remainsGrant Foreman, one of Oklahoma’s first historians, appears in this photograph overlooking the ruins of Fort Towson in 1900. Although Fort...
Robin Cole-JettMay 19, 2018Cactus Jack’s home townLovely former gas station in Detroit, Red River County, Texas. DEE-troyt was the home town of “Cactus Jack” John Nance Garner, a Speaker...
Robin Cole-JettApr 16, 2018Beautiful Buffalo SpringsI visited Buffalo Springs in Clay County (TX), a little ghost town named after a nearby buffalo watering site. Founded around 1864,...
Robin Cole-JettMar 1, 2018Cobble CobbleThe cobble stones, also called “cannonballs,” used in the structures (pictured below) constitute good examples of Indigenous architecture...
Robin Cole-JettFeb 10, 2018A trip to historic ShreveportIn 1958, Martin Luther King, Jr. met with community and NAACP leaders to formulate a school integration plan at the (old) Galilee...
Robin Cole-JettFeb 2, 2018Muriel Wright, Oklahoma HistorianBoggy Depot Plan numbers Depot Muriel Wright 1927 1. Gov. Allen Wright’s residence. 2. John. Kingsbury residence. 3. House built by Mr....
Robin Cole-JettJan 26, 2016A complaint about accessIndulge me for a moment while I vent a consistent frustration of mine… and probably one experienced by historians (professional and lay...
Robin Cole-JettJan 13, 2016Hobby for nosy peopleI took up a new hobby last year – estate sale shopping. Like my “hobby” of ghost town collecting, this new pastime does not require...