Robin Cole-JettMay 15Success by trialThe Coincoin-Prudhomme house along the Cane River in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana was documented by the Historic Buildings Survey in...
Robin Cole-JettJul 26, 2021Mansura mappingI have never seen Mansura, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, well-represented on any map prior to satellite data. But we can figure out why...
Robin Cole-JettJun 28, 2021Dr. King's Visit to ShreveportIn January of 2002, Shreveport resident William Hines, who was one of the city's first African American police officers, gave an oral...
Robin Cole-JettNov 4, 2019ReclamationInside the old cemeteries where American dead reside, nature is taking back what was culled from her. A tree eats a decorative iron fence...
Robin Cole-JettJun 23, 2019Red River expeditionNicholas King’s map of the Freeman-Custis expedition of 1806, with the 1976 overlay by E.M. Parker. (LSU) In 1806, President Thomas...
Robin Cole-JettJan 28, 2019Paddle Wheelers on the Red, part IPaddle 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...
Robin Cole-JettNov 13, 2018Spanish BluffReader Ben Jones graciously shared a vantage point of the Red River that’s rarely seen nowadays – Spanish Bluff on the southern bank of...
Robin Cole-JettNov 4, 2018Slices of SibleySibley (1757-1837) is buried in the American Cemetery in Natchitoches, Louisiana. John Sibley was the first Indian Agent in the Louisiana...
Robin Cole-JettSep 21, 2018An Embarrassment of Architectural Treasures in De Soto ParishAccording to the National Register, De Soto Parish, which lies between the Red and Sabine rivers in northwestern Louisiana, contains the...
Robin Cole-JettMar 25, 2018Union Relics from the Red River CampaignThe Red River in Louisiana experienced quite a bit of troubles in 1864. Nathan Banks, Union general, commandeered several gunboats to...
Robin Cole-JettNov 24, 2014Louisiana RespectTexas 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...