In the 1950s, salty Estelline Spring at the Prairie Dog Town Fork released 300 tons of the mineral daily into the Red River.

Basin Springs, Steedman aka Hagerman, and Cedar Mills and were drowned by Lake Texoma.

The "Willis Bridge" now connects Oklahoma to Texas over Lake Texoma along US 377.

Sophia Suttenfield Aughinbaugh Coffee Butt Porter was one of the more colorful characters to inhabit the Red River Valley.

Preston was founded by Holland Coffee, and yes, that was his real name.

The construction of Denison Dam restricted accessing between Texas and Oklahoma. Bring on the ferry!

Little Ark once sat along Hickory Creek in Love County, Oklahoma (1902, USGS) I decided to nose around my favorite maps and find places...

Lake Texoma left archaeology and the towns of Aylesworth and Woodville, among others, beneath its waters.

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