Fort Phantom Hill centered a small town of the same name in the 1880s, where the main source of income derived from buffalo slaughter.

Fort Belknap became an important trading hub for Anglo settlement into the Comanceria.

Fort Washita's main purpose was to protect Chickasaw and Choctaw settlers from the Plains Indians and Anglo "land smugglers."

Fort Arbuckle was founded by Randolph B. Marcy in 1851 as a Chickasaw Nation garrison.

Randolph B. Marcy, who knew Texas and Indian Territory well, was tasked to lead an expedition to document the Red River in 1852.

Stephen F. Austin traced a Mexican map of the Province of Texas from 1818 and painted it with water colors.

De la Harpe and his men built a wooden trading post at the "abandoned village of the Nassonite chief."

Fort Jesup, erected in 1822 along the Camino de Real (Spanish Road) replaced Fort Claiborne of 1804.

While at the Ouachita River, Bernard de la Harpe claimed to have eaten a unicorn.

The Theft of the Red River Medicine Stone, a giant meteorite, may have deeply affected relations between nations in the Red River Valley.

A ticket reserved passage on the steam boat Relief, which paddled down the river from White Oak Shoals (Arkansas) to Natchitoches.

The Kiowas of the Oklahoma Plains created a unique horse and buffalo hunting culture.

The Great Raft of the Red River: A Massive Log Jam with its own Eco System

Wavell's Grant was the second empressario granted by Mexcio for Texas, but there were already illegal squatters.

While in Fort Worth upon her capture in 1860, Cynthia Ann Parker's first photograph was taken while she nursed her daughter.

The Red River Valley in Arkansas is at the Great Bend Region.

The Comancheria — the Comanche Empire — became a formidable force for both the Europeans and Anglo American colonizers.

Bonnie and Clyde met in West Dallas, a place that defined them and their deeds.

Four major tribes — the Red River Originals — inhabited the Red River Valley of the Southwest before and during European invasion.

The Great Western Trail was the last great northern cattle trail.