Just floating an idea... literally
An aero-trolley at Turner Falls, Oklahoma. This may have been the general idea of the proposed ferry over the Red River. Oklahoma.net In...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jul 26, 2021
Mansura mapping
I have never seen Mansura, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, well-represented on any map prior to satellite data. But we can figure out why...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jul 11, 2021
Jefferson devolution
Jefferson, the county seat of Marion County, Texas, became an inland port after the first federal Red River raft (massive log jam)...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jun 29, 2021
Murder Mystery
I was looking around at some former ferry sites along the Red River and saw Thompson's Ferry at Horseshoe Bend in Love County, Oklahoma...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jun 28, 2021
Trace of Trammel
In 1838, when the United States and the Republic of Texas surveyed the boundary between the countries along the Index Line (today's...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jun 28, 2021
100th Meridian
In August of 1859, surveyors marked the 100th Meridian at the Red River - the line that marks the eastern boundary of the Texas panhandle...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jun 28, 2021
Red River City
According to this map filed by the Houston & Texas Railroad with the Texas General Land Office, their rail line was proposed to extend to...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jul 21, 2020
Mexican Texas or Texan Mexico
Visit this fantastic map of Mexican Texas in 1835 (mislabeled as Republic of Texas) in the Barry Ruderman collection,...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jun 3, 2019
Not the right Red River
I found a couple of 1872 sketches of the “Red River” by Alfred Rudolph Waud. Waud was an English illustrator who worked in the last half...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jan 27, 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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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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Robin Cole-Jett
- Oct 18, 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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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 23, 2018
Transcontinental mapping
The northern portion of John Pope’s 1854 map to survey a possible transcontinental route through Texas marks the Cross Timbers between...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- May 30, 2018
Abilene Cattle Trail
An English cowboy paid to have his picture taking at Red River Station in Montague County, Texas before heading up the Abilene Trail...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- May 1, 2018
Ay Chihuahua!
I often spend my evenings (as well as days, weekends, times when I should be grading papers…) perusing old maps. One of my particular...
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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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Robin Cole-Jett
- Feb 19, 2018
End of War
This photograph is possibly the last image of Comanche women in a traditional camp on the open prairie. Comanche women and child at...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- May 16, 2015
Antebellum Ghost Towns and the Railroads that did them in
I’ve been making several trips around the Red River Valley to discover forgotten towns for my book project this summer. However, I don’t...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Nov 23, 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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Robin Cole-Jett
- Mar 1, 2014
It’s Here! The Red River Valley in Arkansas: Gateway to the Southwest
Now available all over the place! I am not one for bragging, but when I opened the box that contained my author’s copies of my newest...
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