Robin Cole-JettMay 15Going the distanceThe published account of the 28th Congressional Session in 1843 included a number of maps and drawings. These visuals helped to...
Robin Cole-JettJun 30, 2021Humble historic homeSometime in the 1990s, the federal program called Historic Buildings Survey (HABS) documented the Coincoin- Prudhomme home along the Cane...
Robin Cole-JettJun 30, 2021A nice long strollA broadly circulated description of Louisiana explained how travelers could get to Mexico from Natchez, Mississippi, and this 1814 map...
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-JettFeb 18, 2019An international boundary in the middle of nowhereJust north of Logansport, Louisiana, along FM 31 in Panola County, Texas and CR 765 in De Soto Parish , sits one of the more interesting...
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-JettOct 19, 2018Stage Coach TimesAdverts in old newspapers help to provide context to history, such as how much the Red River Valley was interconnected long before our...
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-JettJun 29, 2018Fun with mapsFrench map from 1754 (Library of Congress) Did you know that the now- states of Arkansas and Louisiana once bordered Georgia, North, and...
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-JettFeb 10, 2018A trip to historic ShreveportIn 1958, Martin Luther King, Jr. met with community and NAACP leaders to formulate a school integration plan at the (old) Galilee...
Robin Cole-JettJan 18, 2018Caddos along the Red River ValleyThree major Native American tribes called the Red River Valley of the Southwest home long before Europeans staked their claims. The...
Robin Cole-JettJan 3, 2016Death DividedI love strolling through cemeteries – the older and more overgrown, the better, of course. I’m not particularly ghoulish, though. I just...
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...
Robin Cole-JettApr 5, 2008Additions 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...