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    Success by trial
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • May 15

    Success by trial

    The Coincoin-Prudhomme house along the Cane River in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana was documented by the Historic Buildings Survey in...
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    Mansura mapping
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jul 26, 2021

    Mansura mapping

    I have never seen Mansura, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, well-represented on any map prior to satellite data. But we can figure out why...
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    Dr. King's Visit to Shreveport
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jun 28, 2021

    Dr. King's Visit to Shreveport

    In January of 2002, Shreveport resident William Hines, who was one of the city's first African American police officers, gave an oral...
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    Reclamation
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Nov 4, 2019

    Reclamation

    Inside the old cemeteries where American dead reside, nature is taking back what was culled from her. A tree eats a decorative iron fence...
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    Red River expedition
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jun 23, 2019

    Red River expedition

    Nicholas King’s map of the Freeman-Custis expedition of 1806, with the 1976 overlay by E.M. Parker. (LSU) In 1806, President Thomas...
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    Paddle Wheelers on the Red, part I
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jan 28, 2019

    Paddle Wheelers on the Red, part I

    Paddle wheeler “Amy Hewes” on the Red River (no date), but most likely this picture was taken in the 1940s. The “Amy Hewes” was built in...
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    Spanish Bluff
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Nov 13, 2018

    Spanish Bluff

    Reader Ben Jones graciously shared a vantage point of the Red River that’s rarely seen nowadays – Spanish Bluff on the southern bank of...
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    Slices of Sibley
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Nov 4, 2018

    Slices of Sibley

    Sibley (1757-1837) is buried in the American Cemetery in Natchitoches, Louisiana. John Sibley was the first Indian Agent in the Louisiana...
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    An Embarrassment of Architectural Treasures in De Soto Parish
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Sep 21, 2018

    An Embarrassment of Architectural Treasures in De Soto Parish

    According to the National Register, De Soto Parish, which lies between the Red and Sabine rivers in northwestern Louisiana, contains the...
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    Union Relics from the Red River Campaign
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Mar 25, 2018

    Union Relics from the Red River Campaign

    The Red River in Louisiana experienced quite a bit of troubles in 1864. Nathan Banks, Union general, commandeered several gunboats to...
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    Louisiana Respect
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Nov 24, 2014

    Louisiana Respect

    Texas is a big state. It’s also my birthplace and the birthplace of my dad, so of course I feel affinity for it… sometimes. It’s also a...
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