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    Cynthia Ann's long journey
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • May 15

    Cynthia Ann's long journey

    Cynthia Ann Parker's body is reburied at the Post Oak Mission's cemetery near Indiahoma in Comanche, Oklahoma in 1910. Her son, Quanah...
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    Crossing at Doan's
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Aug 2, 2021

    Crossing at Doan's

    If you counted yourself among the fashionable pioneer set, a MUST-DO was to cross into Indian Territory by way of the Doan's Store....
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    Milling around Eliasville
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Aug 2, 2021

    Milling around Eliasville

    One of the easiest ways to spot a ghost town is to follow abandoned railroad lines. When the companies were building their right-of-ways...
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    Longitudinal confusion
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jul 26, 2021

    Longitudinal confusion

    The Red River Valley above Fulton/ Clarksville / Fort Towson was not fully mapped until after the Civil War. The first regional mapping...
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    Honeycutt Flat
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jul 6, 2021

    Honeycutt Flat

    Due to work related activities, I've been nosing around Gainesville (Cooke County, Texas) lately. The city was founded as a settlement in...
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    Disappearing Fort
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jul 6, 2021

    Disappearing Fort

    Founded in 1867, Fort Griffin (Shackleford County, Texas) is now a state historic site with lots of scenic ruins on a mesquite-heavy...
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    Criminal architecture
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jun 30, 2021

    Criminal architecture

    Since 1880s at least, and most likely at least two decades prior, the corner of State/ East Fourth/ Sam Rayburn and North Chestnut...
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    Denison DAM!
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jun 30, 2021

    Denison DAM!

    When Sam Rayburn, U.S. Speaker of the House from Bonham (Fannin County, Texas), proposed the flood control project for the Red River at...
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    Trace of Trammel
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jun 28, 2021

    Trace of Trammel

    In 1838, when the United States and the Republic of Texas surveyed the boundary between the countries along the Index Line (today's...
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    Great War Soldier
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jun 28, 2021

    Great War Soldier

    Tombstones, especially military ones, are great ways to trace history. And the history gathered from a tombstone needn't be from your...
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    Red River City
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jun 28, 2021

    Red River City

    According to this map filed by the Houston & Texas Railroad with the Texas General Land Office, their rail line was proposed to extend to...
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    Depredations
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jun 28, 2021

    Depredations

    In the 1890s, these unnamed men from Montague County, Texas posed for a photograph after filing claims against the U.S. government for...
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    Mexican Texas or Texan Mexico
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jul 22, 2020

    Mexican Texas or Texan Mexico

    Visit this fantastic map of Mexican Texas in 1835 (mislabeled as Republic of Texas) in the Barry Ruderman collection,...
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    False raid
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jun 9, 2020

    False raid

    This wire sent from Denison in April of 1873 reported an Indian raid that never happened. This article was cited widely in multiple...
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    Jail bait
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Apr 1, 2020

    Jail bait

    Inside the jail cells in a field in rural Denton County. I love estate sales, where I look for old correspondence and photographs. I’m...
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    Rural education
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Mar 10, 2020

    Rural education

    Farmers Improvement College near Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas. (Baylor University) In 1906, a group of civic leaders put their...
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    A visit to Brushy Mound
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Feb 17, 2020

    A visit to Brushy Mound

    A feature map of Cooke County, Texas, reveals the Brushy Mound community, also known as Brushy Mountain (Texas General Land Office). The...
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    Warren once was
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Dec 2, 2019

    Warren once was

    Warren (Fannin County, Texas) sat along the Red River during the Republic of Texas (1836-1845) and early statehood years (1845-1860)....
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    An international boundary in the middle of nowhere
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Feb 18, 2019

    An international boundary in the middle of nowhere

    Just north of Logansport, Louisiana, along FM 31 in Panola County, Texas and CR 765 in De Soto Parish , sits one of the more interesting...
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    Where crime did not pay in Henrietta
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jan 28, 2019

    Where crime did not pay in Henrietta

    Drove to Henrietta, Clay County, Texas the other day to take some photos and came across this utilitarian, brick structure behind an...
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