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Shreveport's West End
Shreveport's West End is now an archeological relic, and one of its most obvious tombs is Peyton's Cut Rate Drug Store.
Robin Cole-Jett
Apr 5


Fullerton, a Lumber Mill turned Ghost Town
The once-substantial town of Fullerton in Vernon Parish was a lumber mill site that became a ghost town within less than three decades' time.
Robin Cole-Jett
Mar 17


From Frog Level to Rodessa, Louisiana
Where's Frog Level, you ask? You may know it better as Rodessa, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, an oil boom town that went bust.
Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 30, 2025


Burkburnett's Oil Pool on Lidar
Enjoying the history of Burkburnett's "Oil Pool" using Lidar!
Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 4, 2025


The De Fatta Grocery Store in Shreveport
How the Interstate obliterated a vintage Shreveport scene of the De Fatta grocery store, shot gun shacks, and hot tamale vendors.
Robin Cole-Jett
Mar 9, 2025


The Fulton Ferry
What may be the final photo of the ferry at Fulton, Hempstead County, Arkansas which crossed the Red River just below the Great Bend.
Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 17, 2023


Twelve Mile Bayou, aka the Jefferson to Shreveport Waterway
I was pleasantly surprised to recognize that the Jefferson to Shreveport Waterway still exists as Twelve Mile Bayou.
Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 14, 2023


Fort Lynn, a Southwest Arkansas Lumber Town
Fort Lynn was a lumber town in southwest Arkansas surrounded by several logging camps.
Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 12, 2023


The Peru Ferry near Gilliam, Louisiana
The Peru Ferry near Gilliam served passengers and oil field traffic between Gilliam, Louisiana and the Old Plain Dealing Road.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 18, 2023


Jerry Chinner, Brick-er
Much of the brick used in building Bonham (Fannin County, Texas) was fired in the kilns owned by Jerry Chinner, a Freeman.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 18, 2023


Welcome to Roosevelt, Oklahoma!
Roosevelt has disproportionately more cars than it does humans, but the cars are what keep the humans in Roosevelt.
Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 31, 2023


Dallas MKT Freight Depot
The former MKT freight depot behind the School Book Depository in downtown Dallas.
Robin Cole-Jett
Apr 29, 2023


Oily Place: Bradley's Corner in Wichita County, Texas
Bradley's Corner was a "collection of tents, shacks and oil field shops" in the Northwest Extension Field.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 31, 2023


Denison Labor Strike of 1922... that couldn't be
On July 1, 1922, the national Union of Railroad Shopmen called for a country-wide strike, and Denison's MKT labor was about to participate.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 5, 2022


Jefferson devolution
Jefferson, the county seat of Marion County, Texas, became an inland port after the first federal Red River raft (massive log jam)...
Robin Cole-Jett
Jul 11, 2021


Tatums Oil Boom
Tatums, Carter County, Oklahoma, experienced an oil boom as the home to the first African-American owned oil operation.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 29, 2021


Coal Country
A geological map of coal claims in the "Coal Country" around Coalgate, Coal County, Indian Territory (Oklahoma) from ca. 1900.
Robin Cole-Jett
May 14, 2018
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