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    Gerty Veteran
    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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    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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    Town, erased
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Feb 25, 2020

    Town, erased

    Beautiful tombstone of Ella Colbert, Wife of Holmes Colbert (1869 to 1896), Willis Cemetery, Marshall County, Oklahoma. Due to the...
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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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    Reclamation
    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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    Tombstone History
    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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    Lone Grave
    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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    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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    Death Divided
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jan 3, 2016

    Death Divided

    I love strolling through cemeteries – the older and more overgrown, the better, of course. I’m not particularly ghoulish, though. I just...
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    Other Stuff That’s Good About Dallas
    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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