Fulton grew up along the Great Bend of the Red River but is no longer growing.

Shreve's Cut of the Mississippi River led to engineering the Red and Atchafalaya Rivers, and the victim was Red River Landing.

Wardville, Oklahoma is a ghost town but don't call it that.

Red River Station in Montague County, Texas is a ghost of the cattle trail driving past.

If you counted yourself among the fashionable pioneer set, a MUST-DO was to cross into Indian Territory by way of the Doan's Store.

One of the easiest ways to spot a ghost town is to follow abandoned railroad lines. When the companies were building their right-of-ways...

Like Sulphur 40 miles to the west, Bromide (Johnston County, Oklahoma) was a spa town at the turn of the 20th century. Nestled inside...

Tatums, Carter County, Oklahoma, experienced an oil boom as the home to the first African-American owned oil operation.

Muriel Wright documented Boggy Depot well.

The Willis Cemetery sits just off US 377 north of Lake Texoma in Marshall County, Oklahoma.

Warren was once the seat of Fannin County, Texas

There was always a mystery to me surrounding a name of a street in Eagletown, Oklahoma – Mad Man Road.

The Douglass Separate School in Roosevelt, Oklahoma.

The former elementary school in Humprheys, Jackson County, OK is a bit on the sunny side. Even though Jackson County (Oklahoma) is home...

According to the National Register, De Soto Parish, which lies between the Red and Sabine rivers in northwestern Louisiana, contains the...

I visited Buffalo Springs in Clay County (TX), a little ghost town named after a nearby buffalo watering site. Founded around 1864,...

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....

I took up a new hobby last year – estate sale shopping. Like my “hobby” of ghost town collecting, this new pastime does not require...

In the US, death of history is frequent. I’m not talking about historical events today, even though they have their own share of death...