Sophia Suttenfield Aughinbaugh Coffee Butt Porter
Sophia Suttenfield Aughinbaugh Coffee Butt Porter was one of the more colorful characters to inhabit the Red River Valley.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 19
Sand Branch, or Simonds Precinct Cemetery, in Dallas County
The Simonds Precinct cemetery is known called to its families as "Sand Branch."
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 19
D-Day Death in Cooke County
Sgt. Roy Speake died early in the morning on D-Day, June 6, 1944 during the invasion of Normandy, and is now buried in Cooke County, Texas.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 19
Showman's Rest
Hugo's Mount Olivet Cemetery is home to Showman's Rest section, where circus folk go to get buried.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 19
The Old Paris Cemeteries
Paris, Texas has several inactive, old cemeteries within its city limits.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 29
The Drowned Town of Preston, aka Coffee's Trading Post
Preston was founded by Holland Coffee, and yes, that was his real name.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jun 14
Grave of Leon Hinds, Band of Brothers
Leon Hinds, Band of Brothers Grave
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Robin Cole-Jett
- May 15, 2022
Cynthia Ann Parker's Long Journey
Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped and adopted into a Comanche family, who renamed her Narua (foundling) in 1836.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jul 6, 2021
Gerty Veteran
Every Veteran's Day - aka Armistice Day - I like to post about a Great War (WWI) veteran because these men hoped that this was the "war...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jun 28, 2021
Great War Soldier in a Segregated Cemetery in Bonham, Texas
Alvin Reeves, a Great War soldier, is buried in the segregated portion of Gates Hill Cemetery in Bonham, Texas.
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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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Robin Cole-Jett
- Feb 24, 2020
Willis, Marshall County, Oklahoma: An Erased Town
The Willis Cemetery sits just off US 377 north of Lake Texoma in Marshall County, Oklahoma.
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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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Robin Cole-Jett
- Nov 4, 2019
Reclamation
Inside the old cemeteries where American dead reside, nature is taking back what was culled from her. A tree eats a decorative iron fence...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Feb 14, 2018
Tombstone History
Tombstones, especially military ones, are great ways to trace histrory. And the history from the tombstone needn’t be a family member,...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Feb 4, 2018
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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Robin Cole-Jett
- Feb 1, 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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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jan 25, 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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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jan 3, 2016
Death Divided: Segregation Cemeteries in the Red River Valley
The Red River Valley of the South still contains the remnants of segregation inside many of its cemeteries.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jun 2, 2009
Other Stuff That’s Good About Dallas
The new issue of D Magazine posits 119 reasons why it loves Dallas. Some of the reasons were a little on lopsided – for example, the...
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