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Fort Griffin, "Civilized"
Fort Griffin marked the boundary line ("the frontier") between Native American lands and white settlement ("civilization").
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 17, 2023
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Waterless and Bisonless Fort Phantom Hill
Fort Phantom Hill centered a small town of the same name in the 1880s, where the main source of income derived from buffalo slaughter.
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Sep 17, 2023
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Very Busy Fort Belknap
Fort Belknap became an important trading hub for Anglo settlement into the Comanceria.
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Sep 17, 2023
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Fort Washita
Fort Washita's main purpose was to protect Chickasaw and Choctaw settlers from the Plains Indians and Anglo "land smugglers."
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Sep 17, 2023
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Fort Arbuckle in the Mountains
Fort Arbuckle was founded by Randolph B. Marcy in 1851 as a Chickasaw Nation garrison.
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Sep 17, 2023
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Theft of the Red River Medicine Stone, a giant Meteorite
The Theft of the Red River Medicine Stone, a giant meteorite, may have deeply affected relations between nations in the Red River Valley.
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Sep 16, 2023
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Old Boston Jail in New Boston, Texas
The old Boston Jail in New Boston, not to be confused with the original (Texas) Boston.
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Sep 13, 2023
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Natchitoches, le French and Creole City
The French and Creole City of Natchitoches is the oldest colonial city in the Louisiana Purchase.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 1, 2023
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Fort St. Jean Baptiste in Natchitoches
The village of Natchitoches welcomed Fort St. Jean Baptiste in the early 18th century.
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Sep 1, 2023
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Carpenter's Bluff Bridge
Before it ferried cars across, Carpenter's Bluff bridge served as a train crossing.
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Aug 31, 2023
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The DeMorse Home in Clarksville
The home of Charles DeMorse, publisher of the Northern Standard of the 1840s-1850, in Clarksville, Texas.
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Aug 29, 2023
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Old Washington, Hempstead County, Arkansas
The old town of Washington, Arkansas was once the biggest town in the Southwest.
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Aug 28, 2023
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A Wise Mansion in Paris, Texas
In 1887 W.B. Wise of Paris, Lamar County, Texas decided to show off his wealth by building a Queen Anne style home.
Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 9, 2023
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Electra's The Globe, a Lost Building
The Globe Building in Electra, Texas is now lost.
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Jan 31, 2023
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Ward the Ville: Wardville, Oklahoma
Wardville, Oklahoma is a ghost town but don't call it that.
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Jan 31, 2023
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Success by trial
The Coincoin-Prudhomme house along the Cane River in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana was documented by the Historic Buildings Survey in...
Robin Cole-Jett
May 15, 2022
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Jack Loftin, a Remarkable Man
Jack Loftin, the remarkable man who wrote, created, and repaired the stone monuments, proved to be a true history machine.
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Aug 2, 2021
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Kiowa Calendar
The Oklahoma Historical Society has an unbelievable amount of photographs that only occasionally see the light of day. Their photos,...
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Jul 11, 2021
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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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Jun 29, 2021
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Muriel Wright and Boggy Depot
Muriel Wright documented Boggy Depot well.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 28, 2021
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