French map from 1754 (Library of Congress) Did you know that the now- states of Arkansas and Louisiana once bordered Georgia, North, and...

Comanche women in Mow-wi camp at Palo Duro Canyon during the Red River War.

One of the oldest roads in the Red River Valley is the Southwest Trail in Arkansas.

Along a county road in Jackson County, Oklahoma, lies the lonesome grave of Joel Moseley, 1846-1890. Mr. Moseley was born in Georgia and,...

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...

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...

The old story of the “Arkansas Traveler” tells of a person coming through the backwoods of Arkansas and happening upon a house. The...

When you take into the account the vast volumes of literature that American historians have produced over the last two centuries, what...

A while back, I posited three of Dallas’ greatest places to visit… according to my biased, unasked-for opinion, anyway. Woe is me if I...

For the past few weeks, I’ve been reading S.C. Gwynne’s Empire of the Southern Moon, a bestseller that traces the history of the...

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...

“Oh no,” says the lone reader of my blog, “not a darn gardening post! They are SOOO boring!” Well, stupor ain’t my middle name, so I’ll...

I love a good road trip, and I believe that I’m not alone in sharing that sentiment. I’d wager to guess that the majority of people from...

I have to admit that I absolutely HATED school, back when I was forced to go. I honestly believed that the worst invention in history had...

Image above is of Palo Duro Canyon, the second largest canyon in the United States and the birthplace of the Red River. It is located...

This old plantation store between Shreveport and Natchitoches, Louisiana, is where sharecroppers, who were paid with scrip, would buy...

I took a couple of roadtrips this past weekend. My road trips are usually local – I don’t drive very far because I like to know where I...

A crowd strains its collective neck to watch the last public hanging at the jail in Denton, Texas (the jail is no longer there,...