Fort Towson in today’s Choctaw County, was established in 1824.

The Chisholm Trail was known as the Abilene Cattle Trail on maps, but what about those who used the trail?

A geological map of coal claims in the "Coal Country" around Coalgate, Coal County, Indian Territory (Oklahoma) from ca. 1900.

The cobble stones, also called “cannonballs,” used in the structures (pictured below) constitute good examples of Indigenous architecture...

Comanche women in Mow-wi camp at Palo Duro Canyon during the Red River War.

Along a county road in Jackson County, Oklahoma, lies the lonesome grave of Joel Moseley, 1846-1890. Mr. Moseley was born in Georgia and,...

Boggy Depot Plan numbers Depot Muriel Wright 1927 1. Gov. Allen Wright’s residence. 2. John. Kingsbury residence. 3. House built by Mr....

Three major Native American tribes called the Red River Valley of the Southwest home long before Europeans staked their claims. The...

Indulge me for a moment while I vent a consistent frustration of mine… and probably one experienced by historians (professional and lay...

The Red River Valley of the South still contains the remnants of segregation inside many of its cemeteries.

I think I mentioned this before, but if I haven’t, well… I hunt ghost towns. I’d like to do that for a living, but there’s not much money...

I have to admit that I absolutely HATED school, back when I was forced to go. I honestly believed that the worst invention in history had...