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From Frog Level to Rodessa, Louisiana
Where's Frog Level, you ask? You may know it better as Rodessa, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, an oil boom town that went bust.
Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 30
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Burkburnett's Oil Pool on Lidar
Enjoying the history of Burkburnett's "Oil Pool" using Lidar!
Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 4
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Texarkana by way of Steam: A Tale of a Railroad and a Packet
Texarkana started life before 1860 by way of the steam railroad and a steam packet boat.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jul 21
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Red River Landing of Pointe Coupee Parish
The mouth of the Red River was at a place that no longer exists: Red River Landing in Pointe Coupee Parish.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jul 13
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Things that weren't: Cameron's Grant and a Boundary Line at the Red River
A map from 1835 shows Cameron's Grant and a proposed boundary line, both at the Red River, and both unsuccessful.
Robin Cole-Jett
May 31
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Stuart's Malaria Ditch
The beautiful stone ditch that encompass little Stuart in Hughes County, Oklahoma, Choctaw Nation is a complete, and relatively intact, historic WPA project built to control malaria.
Robin Cole-Jett
Apr 26
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Williams Settlement at the Red River in old Miller County, Arkansas Territory
In maps of the United States/Texas/North America between 1820 and 1825, I noticed a place along the Red River in former Miller County, Arkansas Territory called "Williams Settlement." I began a search that took me into the aftermath of a major earthquake.
Robin Cole-Jett
Apr 13
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The De Fatta Grocery Store in Shreveport
How the Interstate obliterated a vintage Shreveport scene of the De Fatta grocery store, shot gun shacks, and hot tamale vendors.
Robin Cole-Jett
Mar 9
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Destructive... I mean, Disruptive Innovation: A Photo Essay.
In 1995, a business consultant introduced "disruptive innovation" which has become, for people like us "destructive innovation" instead.
Robin Cole-Jett
Mar 9
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Random horrors like they're everyday things
In the margins in historic newspapers, reports act as if random horrors of racism and misogyny are everyday things.
Robin Cole-Jett
Feb 1
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A Rant about Loops and Bypasses
I'm here to rant that loop highways and bypasses are stupid ideas.
Robin Cole-Jett
Dec 31, 2024
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Josiah Gregg and the Prairie Dogs
In his 1844 journal of his trading expeditions to Santa Fe, Josiah Gregg devoted at least four pages to the prairie dog.
Robin Cole-Jett
Dec 21, 2024
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Congressional Papers of the Louisiana Territories
The Louisiana Purchase gave way to five territories along the Red River. Here are links to some of the congressional papers.
Robin Cole-Jett
Nov 10, 2024
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No Man's Land, AKA the Disputed Territory
Until the 1830s, the Disputed Territory along the Red River, where Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana meet, was a "no man's land."
Robin Cole-Jett
Nov 3, 2024
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The Sulphur Fork Factory
From 1817 to 1822, the "Sulphur Fork Factory" stood at the confluence of the Sulphur into the Red River in today's Miller County, Arkansas.
Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 30, 2024
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The Fort Bird Treaty of 1842
After the Battle of Village Creek, the Republic of Texas signed the Fort Bird Treaty of 1842.
Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 24, 2024
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The Red River, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819
A lot of shenanigans and the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819 established the Red River as the southern boundary of the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.
Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 2, 2024
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The Red River Expedition of Custis Freeman & Sparks, aka Corps of Discovery, 1806
For Thomas Jefferson, the most important Corps of Discovery in the Louisiana Purchase was the expedition up the Red River of 1806.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 27, 2024
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Census of the Native People of New Orleans Territory, 1805
The census of Native People of New Orleans Territory included descriptions of tribal languages, places, and affiliations.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 22, 2024
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An ancient Village at Fish Creek, Cooke County, Texas
Discovery of an ancient village at Fish Creek, formerly a channel of the Red River in Cooke County, Texas, explains Cross Timbers people.
Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 21, 2024
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