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    Crossing at Doan's
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Aug 2, 2021

    Crossing at Doan's

    If you counted yourself among the fashionable pioneer set, a MUST-DO was to cross into Indian Territory by way of the Doan's Store....
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    Criminal architecture
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jun 30, 2021

    Criminal architecture

    Since 1880s at least, and most likely at least two decades prior, the corner of State/ East Fourth/ Sam Rayburn and North Chestnut...
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    Denison DAM!
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jun 30, 2021

    Denison 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...
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    Old Arkansas Home
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jun 30, 2021

    Old Arkansas Home

    In the 1820s, the Blevins family built a primitive, two story home without the use of nails in today's Hempstead County, Arkansas. This...
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    Dr. King's Visit to Shreveport
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jun 28, 2021

    Dr. King's Visit to Shreveport

    In January of 2002, Shreveport resident William Hines, who was one of the city's first African American police officers, gave an oral...
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    Muriel and Boggy
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jun 28, 2021

    Muriel and Boggy

    In 1927, Muriel H. Wright, a teacher and one of Oklahoma's most detailed historians, mapped Boggy Depot (Atoka County, Oklahoma) from...
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    Lone Grave
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jun 28, 2021

    Lone Grave

    Along a county road in Jackson County, Oklahoma, lies the lonesome grave of Joel Moseley, 1846-1890. Mr. Moseley was born in Georgia and,...
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    Jail bait
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Apr 1, 2020

    Jail bait

    Inside the jail cells in a field in rural Denton County. I love estate sales, where I look for old correspondence and photographs. I’m...
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    Rural education
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Mar 10, 2020

    Rural education

    Farmers Improvement College near Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas. (Baylor University) In 1906, a group of civic leaders put their...
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    A visit to Brushy Mound
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Feb 17, 2020

    A visit to Brushy Mound

    A feature map of Cooke County, Texas, reveals the Brushy Mound community, also known as Brushy Mountain (Texas General Land Office). The...
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    Roosevelt schoolin’
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jun 17, 2019

    Roosevelt schoolin’

    The well-built little school in Roosevelt, built by the Works Progress Administration, had two entrances – one for girls, and one for...
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    An Embarrassment of Architectural Treasures in De Soto Parish
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Sep 21, 2018

    An Embarrassment of Architectural Treasures in De Soto Parish

    According to the National Register, De Soto Parish, which lies between the Red and Sabine rivers in northwestern Louisiana, contains the...
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    Fort Towson remains
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jul 12, 2018

    Fort Towson remains

    Grant Foreman, one of Oklahoma’s first historians, appears in this photograph overlooking the ruins of Fort Towson in 1900. Although Fort...
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    Cactus Jack’s home town
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • May 19, 2018

    Cactus Jack’s home town

    Lovely former gas station in Detroit, Red River County, Texas. DEE-troyt was the home town of “Cactus Jack” John Nance Garner, a Speaker...
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    Beautiful Buffalo Springs
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Apr 16, 2018

    Beautiful Buffalo Springs

    I visited Buffalo Springs in Clay County (TX), a little ghost town named after a nearby buffalo watering site. Founded around 1864,...
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    Cobble Cobble
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Mar 1, 2018

    Cobble Cobble

    The cobble stones, also called “cannonballs,” used in the structures (pictured below) constitute good examples of Indigenous architecture...
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    A trip to historic Shreveport
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Feb 10, 2018

    A trip to historic Shreveport

    In 1958, Martin Luther King, Jr.  met with community and NAACP leaders to formulate a school integration plan at the (old) Galilee...
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    Muriel Wright, Oklahoma Historian
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Feb 2, 2018

    Muriel Wright, Oklahoma Historian

    Boggy Depot Plan numbers Depot Muriel Wright 1927 1. Gov. Allen Wright’s residence. 2. John. Kingsbury residence. 3. House built by Mr....
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    A complaint about access
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jan 26, 2016

    A complaint about access

    Indulge me for a moment while I vent a consistent frustration of mine… and probably one experienced by historians (professional and lay...
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    Hobby for nosy people
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jan 13, 2016

    Hobby for nosy people

    I took up a new hobby last year – estate sale shopping. Like my “hobby” of ghost town collecting, this new pastime does not require...
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