Triangle Motel on Route 66 in Amarillo
When Route 66 served as the main highway through Amarillo, the Triangle Motel on the east side was the first place west-bound travelers saw.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 27
The Ozark Trail, aka the original Route 66
The northwestern portions of the Ozark Trail were subsumed by the federal highway project designated as US 66, aka the original Route 66.
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Robin Cole-Jett
May 29
Southern Maid in Shreveport!
Southern Maid Donuts, particularly the ones made in Shreveport, Louisiana, are served fresh and hot in the afternoon.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Apr 11
Texas Interstate Highways from 1919
The New Year edition of the Wichita Daily Times from 1919 highlights all of the new interstate highways that cover Texas.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 17, 2023
Fort Richardson, the Red River War Fort
More than any other fort at or near the Red River Valley, Fort Richardson embodies American Indian reservation policy.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 15, 2023
The Dixie Overland / Bankhead Highway, aka US 80
US 80, formerly known as the Dixie Overland Highway, merges with the Bankhead Highway and is the mother road of the Red River Valley.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 5, 2023
Shreveport in the Green Book
Shreveport was prominently featured in Green Books
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Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 27, 2023
Traveling Belt Line Road in Dallas
Several years ago, I drove the entire Belt Line Road that circles around Dallas County, and I did it again this past month.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 11, 2023
The King of Trails from Kansas To Texas
The King of Trails took travelers from Kansas to the Gulf Coast of Texas.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jul 21, 2022
The Bankhead Highway Convoy through North Texas!
In 1919, the U.S. government authorized a Military Motor Convoy to traverse the Bankhead Highway.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 30, 2018
Humphreys’ History
The former elementary school in Humprheys, Jackson County, OK is a bit on the sunny side. Even though Jackson County (Oklahoma) is home...
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Robin Cole-Jett
May 19, 2018
Detroit, Texas: Cactus Jack’s Home Town
Detroit, Texas was home to Cactus Jack aka John Nance Garner, Vice President to Franklin Roosevelt form 1933 to 1941.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Feb 5, 2018
The Southwest Trail of Arkansas
One of the oldest roads in the Red River Valley is the Southwest Trail in Arkansas.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 31, 2018
Aliens in Wise County, Texas???
Near Aurora (Wise County, Texas) is this old grocery store. I wonder if the store was witness to the UFO crash landing, which allegedly...
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Robin Cole-Jett
May 16, 2015
Antebellum Ghost Towns and the Railroads that did them in
Most antebellum towns west of the Mississippi River did not survive the railroad boom and became ghosts.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jul 1, 2013
Tribute to the Red River Road Trip
Using a 1924 automobile route map certainly helps in this tribute to Red River Valley road trips.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Feb 15, 2013
Simply, a Vexing Question
Every time I give a presentation on ghost towns, invariably I’m asked this question: “What exactly is a Ghost Town? And why are you...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Feb 11, 2012
A Curious Life
I turned yet another year older this month (just a decade past 29), and, like I do every birthday, I did some soul searching. I’m...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Dec 2, 2011
Insulator-ing
I consider myself very lucky because my son likes to take road trips with me. Sometimes, I feel as though I need to justify my trips, and...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Dec 2, 2011
History in Ghost Towns
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...
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