Coates' Bluff, the Original Shreveport
Coates' Bluff was Shreveport's original settlement, the site of a trading post within a Caddoan village.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- May 22
The Life of the Beeswing, a Steamer on the Red River
I decided to take a look at the life of the Beeswing, a steamer on the Red River, after finding a receipt from 1844.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Apr 3
Epperson's Ferry in Bowie County, Texas
Epperson's Ferry served the Trammel Trace across the Sulphur River in Bowie County.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Oct 28, 2023
Cash Point in Louisiana
If you search "Cash Point" in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, on a map today, you'd find RV Park bearing the name, and not much else.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Oct 14, 2023
The Gardie Eastman, the last Steamboat on the Red River?
Decommissioned in 1926, the Gardie Eastman may well have been the last steamboat to traverse the entirety of the Red River.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Oct 14, 2023
Twelve Mile Bayou, aka the Jefferson to Shreveport Waterway
I was pleasantly surprised to recognize that the Jefferson to Shreveport Waterway still exists as Twelve Mile Bayou.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 19, 2023
Shreve Report on the Completion of the Red River Raft Removal
This report by Captain Henry Shreve explains that the Red River Raft removal is complete. Kinda.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 13, 2023
Steam Boat Ticket to White Oak Shoals
A ticket reserved passage on the steam boat Relief, which paddled down the river from White Oak Shoals (Arkansas) to Natchitoches.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 11, 2023
The Great Raft of the Red River
The Great Raft of the Red River: A Massive Log Jam with its own Eco System
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 31, 2023
Wreck in the Red River
A wreck in the Red River is an archeological site.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 24, 2023
Steam Boat from Doaksville to Beal's Landing
An announcement of a stern wheeler going to Beal's Landing in Fannin County.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jul 14, 2023
Sale and Murphy Canal along the Red River
The Sale and Murphy Canal along the Red River once linked Louisiana and Arkansas around the upper portions of the Great Raft.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jun 30, 2023
History found in History: Mound City in Red River County, Texas, a steamboat port
Mound City in Red River County, Texas once welcomed steamboats in the 1870s
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jun 14, 2023
The Wanderer, a Ferry on Lake Texoma
The construction of Denison Dam restricted accessing between Texas and Oklahoma. Bring on the ferry!
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Apr 29, 2023
Shreve's Cut: The Mississippi, Red, and Atchafalaya Rivers at Red River Landing, Louisiana
Shreve's Cut of the Mississippi River led to engineering the Red and Atchafalaya Rivers, and the victim was Red River Landing.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Mar 29, 2023
Steam Boat on a Gamble: The Waukesha of Fulton, Arkansas
let me bore you to sleep by telling you about the history of pavement on early Dallas roads!
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Mar 21, 2023
Jim Turner lost: Sunk Red River Steam Boat at Albion
Jim Turner, a steam boat, sunk at Albion on the Red River in 1854.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Feb 19, 2023
Long Lost Lafayette (and Prairie), Arkansas
Lafayette and Lost Prairie in Arkansas were built by slave labor and washed away by the Red River.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jul 11, 2021
Jefferson devolution
Jefferson, the county seat of Marion County, Texas, became an inland port after the first federal Red River raft (massive log jam)...
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