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    Going the distance
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • May 15

    Going the distance

    The published account of the 28th Congressional Session in 1843 included a number of maps and drawings. These visuals helped to...
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    Humble historic home
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jun 30, 2021

    Humble historic home

    Sometime in the 1990s, the federal program called Historic Buildings Survey (HABS) documented the Coincoin- Prudhomme home along the Cane...
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    A nice long stroll
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jun 30, 2021

    A nice long stroll

    A broadly circulated description of Louisiana explained how travelers could get to Mexico from Natchez, Mississippi, and this 1814 map...
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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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    An international boundary in the middle of nowhere
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Feb 18, 2019

    An international boundary in the middle of nowhere

    Just north of Logansport, Louisiana, along FM 31 in Panola County, Texas and CR 765 in De Soto Parish , sits one of the more interesting...
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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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    Stage Coach Times
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Oct 19, 2018

    Stage Coach Times

    Adverts in old newspapers help to provide context to history, such as how much the Red River Valley was interconnected long before our...
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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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    Fun with maps
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jun 29, 2018

    Fun with maps

    French map from 1754 (Library of Congress) Did you know that the now- states of Arkansas and Louisiana once bordered Georgia, North, and...
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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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    A trip to historic Shreveport
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Feb 10, 2018

    A trip to historic Shreveport

    In 1958, Martin Luther King, Jr.  met with community and NAACP leaders to formulate a school integration plan at the (old) Galilee...
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    Caddos along the Red River Valley
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jan 18, 2018

    Caddos along the Red River Valley

    Three major Native American tribes called the Red River Valley of the Southwest home long before Europeans staked their claims. The...
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    Death Divided
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jan 3, 2016

    Death Divided

    I love strolling through cemeteries – the older and more overgrown, the better, of course. I’m not particularly ghoulish, though. I just...
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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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    Additions to My Site = More to Explore!
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Apr 5, 2008

    Additions to My Site = More to Explore!

    This old plantation store between Shreveport and Natchitoches, Louisiana, is where sharecroppers, who were paid with scrip, would buy...
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