Robin Cole-JettMar 29Dream a little StreetDallas, 1905's Sanborn Fire Insurance Map: Wood Block Paved! Dallas, 1905's Sanborn Fire Insurance map: Macadamized pavement! Dallas,...
Robin Cole-JettJan 31An early BridgeA different view of Colbert's Hotel and Stage stand, as seen by a sketch artist for the Handbook of North Texas, published in 1886....
Robin Cole-JettJan 31Old Shed RoadThe only extant depiction of Shed Road I've found, so far, comes from a 1926 article in the Bossier Banner Progress. Bossier City didn't...
Robin Cole-JettJul 21, 2022On the roadThe Bankhead Highway was easily navigable through Dallas, Fort Worth, and out west, as it was paved with Thurber bricks. (Hardin Simmons...
Robin Cole-JettAug 2, 2021A remarkable manOne bright, sunny, and very hot day, I traversed the Texas portion of US 82 into Archer County from Wichita County, on my way to some...