Pancanula or Pauchunla or Paucaunla or Pa...whatever in old Panola County, Chickasaw Nation
In May 1899. a letter in a Denison newspaper appeared about a "new, thriving, up-to-date town" named Pancanula, Chickasaw Nation.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jul 25
Endangered Peery Cemetery in Cooke County, Texas
The Peery Cemetery in Cooke County, Texas is endangered by the development of a 7-Eleven.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jul 17
Impending Construction at Crutchfield Cemetery in Denton County
Crutchfield Cemetery is an African American burial ground that is all but forgotten among a a construction boom in eastern Denton County.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jul 1
Triangle Motel on Route 66 in Amarillo
When Route 66 served as the main highway through Amarillo, the Triangle Motel on the east side was the first place west-bound travelers saw.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jun 27
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.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- May 30
Railroad Ruin in Sherman
Along Cherry Street in downtown Sherman is an interesting ruin behind the 1888 Cottonbelt railroad depot.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- May 27
The Electric Interurban Railway Systems of North Texas
The electric interurban railway systems connected cities along the region designated as "North Texas."
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Robin Cole-Jett
- May 8
Indian City, USA
Several years ago, I took a road trip and found myself at Indian City, USA. I'm glad I did, because Indian City, USA is no more.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Mar 31
A Visit to Red River Station
Red River Station was the fabled crossing for the Abilene Cattle Trail at the Red River in Montague County during the 1870s and 1880s.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Mar 25
Devol Calaboose, and not much else
Besides the calaboose, there's not much else in Devol to explain the town's former industriousness.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Nov 26, 2023
Rainy Mountain Indian School for the Kiowa and Apache Tribes
From 1893 to 1920, Rainy Mountain Indian School "Americanized" children from the Kiowa and Apache tribes, and now lies as an unmarked ruin.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Oct 23, 2023
Long gone Medicine Mound, Texas
Medicine Mound is southwest of Chillicothe in Hardeman County, Texas along what was once the Kansas, Mexico & Orient Railway.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Oct 9, 2023
Sketch of the Pawnee (Wichita) Village by George Catlin
The Pawnee/ Wichita village that George Catlin sketched was abandoned by the 1860s.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Oct 9, 2023
Old Trinity River Locks and Dams in Dallas
At the turn of the 20th century, the Army Corps of Engineers dredged the Trinity River and built locks and dams south of Dallas.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Oct 6, 2023
Ancient Pyramid Mounds at Marksville, Louisiana
Near Marksville, Louisiana sit 2,500 year old, human constructed mounds... ancient, earthen pyramids. They've been abandoned once again.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 23, 2023
The Red River Toll Bridge at Sacra's Ferry at Brown Springs
In 1931, the toll bridge at the former Sacra's Ferry site across from Brown Springs closed for good in favor of a free bridge a upstream.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 19, 2023
The Old Paris Cemeteries
Paris, Texas has several inactive, old cemeteries within its city limits.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 18, 2023
Denison, Railroad City
The MKT made Denison a very important railroad city after the Civil War.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 17, 2023
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.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 17, 2023
Fort Arbuckle in the Mountains
Fort Arbuckle was founded by Randolph B. Marcy in 1851 as a Chickasaw Nation garrison.
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