The Red River Valley in Arkansas: Gateway to the Southwest
The Red River Valley in Arkansas is at the Great Bend Region.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 4
The Shawnee Cattle Trail
The Shawnee Trail is also known as Preston Road or Texas Trail or Military Road or Emigrant Trail.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 4
The Chisholm Trail aka The Abilene Cattle Trail
The Chisholm Trail was mostly known as the Abilene Cattle Trail through Indian Territory.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 13
The Old Preston Road
The upper portion of this 1840 map by General Cooke of Grayson and Fannin counties shows a number of places that no longer exist
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jan 31
Red River Station on the Cattle Trail
Red River Station in Montague County, Texas is a ghost of the cattle trail driving past.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- May 30, 2018
Abilene Cattle Trail, or was it the Chisholm Trail?
The Chisholm Trail was known as the Abilene Cattle Trail on maps, but what about those who used the trail?
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Robin Cole-Jett
- May 29, 2013
Another Red River Historian
When you take into the account the vast volumes of literature that American historians have produced over the last two centuries, what...
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