Robin Cole-JettJul 6, 2021Gerty VeteranEvery 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...
Robin Cole-JettJun 28, 2021Lone GraveAlong a county road in Jackson County, Oklahoma, lies the lonesome grave of Joel Moseley, 1846-1890. Mr. Moseley was born in Georgia and,...
Robin Cole-JettFeb 25, 2020Town, erasedBeautiful tombstone of Ella Colbert, Wife of Holmes Colbert (1869 to 1896), Willis Cemetery, Marshall County, Oklahoma. Due to the...
Robin Cole-JettFeb 17, 2020A visit to Brushy MoundA feature map of Cooke County, Texas, reveals the Brushy Mound community, also known as Brushy Mountain (Texas General Land Office). The...
Robin Cole-JettNov 4, 2019ReclamationInside the old cemeteries where American dead reside, nature is taking back what was culled from her. A tree eats a decorative iron fence...
Robin Cole-JettFeb 14, 2018Tombstone HistoryTombstones, especially military ones, are great ways to trace histrory. And the history from the tombstone needn’t be a family member,...
Robin Cole-JettFeb 4, 2018Lone GraveAlong a county road in Jackson County, Oklahoma, lies the lonesome grave of Joel Moseley, 1846-1890. Mr. Moseley was born in Georgia and,...
Robin Cole-JettFeb 2, 2018Muriel Wright, Oklahoma HistorianBoggy Depot Plan numbers Depot Muriel Wright 1927 1. Gov. Allen Wright’s residence. 2. John. Kingsbury residence. 3. House built by Mr....
Robin Cole-JettJan 26, 2016A complaint about accessIndulge me for a moment while I vent a consistent frustration of mine… and probably one experienced by historians (professional and lay...
Robin Cole-JettJan 3, 2016Death DividedI love strolling through cemeteries – the older and more overgrown, the better, of course. I’m not particularly ghoulish, though. I just...
Robin Cole-JettJun 2, 2009Other Stuff That’s Good About DallasThe new issue of D Magazine posits 119 reasons why it loves Dallas. Some of the reasons were a little on lopsided – for example, the...