Jack Loftin, the remarkable man who wrote, created, and repaired the stone monuments, proved to be a true history machine.

Pedro Vial's map of the "Great Spanish Road" began in Natchitoches and passed by homes and ranches of traders/planters

One of the least studied but major trade arteries emanating from the Red River was the so-called "Great Spanish Road."

In 1838, when the United States and the Republic of Texas surveyed the boundary between the countries along the Index Line (today's...

Along a county road in Jackson County, Oklahoma, lies the lonesome grave of Joel Moseley, 1846-1890. Mr. Moseley was born in Georgia and,...

The depot from Sanger (Denton County, Texas) was moved to Tioga (Grayson County) and now has a second life as an antique store. Drove to...

I was nosing around the digital collections listed at by the Louisiana State University (Shreveport) libraries and found the Parker map.

The Grand Central Hotel (first class, no less!) in Terral, Jefferson County, Oklahoma was an imposing building at the turn of the century...

Just north of Logansport, Louisiana, along FM 31 in Panola County, Texas and CR 765 in De Soto Parish , sits one of the more interesting...

Reader Ben Jones graciously shared a vantage point of the Red River that’s rarely seen nowadays – Spanish Bluff on the southern bank of...

Adverts in old newspapers help to provide context to history, such as how much the Red River Valley was interconnected long before our...

The cobble stones, also called “cannonballs,” used in the structures (pictured below) constitute good examples of Indigenous architecture...

Boggy Depot Plan numbers Depot Muriel Wright 1927 1. Gov. Allen Wright’s residence. 2. John. Kingsbury residence. 3. House built by Mr....

Near Aurora (Wise County, Texas) is this old grocery store. I wonder if the store was witness to the UFO crash landing, which allegedly...

Indulge me for a moment while I vent a consistent frustration of mine… and probably one experienced by historians (professional and lay...

The Red River Valley of the South still contains the remnants of segregation inside many of its cemeteries.

I'm an Urban Planning Nerd with a plea to make your town, and my town, more beautiful.

Lots of the pictures I post on my website, www.redriverhistorian.com, tend to be of ruins – disused buildings and such – and sometimes,...

Now available all over the place! I am not one for bragging, but when I opened the box that contained my author’s copies of my newest...

Using a 1924 automobile route map certainly helps in this tribute to Red River Valley road trips.