George Conrad, Buffalo Soldier
In 1937, George Conrad, Jr. was interviewed by the WPA's Federal Writer's Project. Born in slavery on February 23, 1860 at Connversville,...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jul 6, 2021
Gerty Veteran
Every Veteran's Day - aka Armistice Day - I like to post about a Great War (WWI) veteran because these men hoped that this was the "war...
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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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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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Robin Cole-Jett
- May 10, 2020
Camp no longer
Map of the Comanche and Apache nation in Oklahoma Territory in 1889, noting the location of “Old Camp Augur” on the Red River. Camp Augur...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jul 12, 2018
Fort Towson remains
Grant Foreman, one of Oklahoma’s first historians, appears in this photograph overlooking the ruins of Fort Towson in 1900. Although Fort...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Mar 25, 2018
Union Relics from the Red River Campaign
The Red River in Louisiana experienced quite a bit of troubles in 1864. Nathan Banks, Union general, commandeered several gunboats to...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Feb 19, 2018
End of War
This photograph is possibly the last image of Comanche women in a traditional camp on the open prairie. Comanche women and child at...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Feb 14, 2018
Tombstone History
Tombstones, especially military ones, are great ways to trace histrory. And the history from the tombstone needn’t be a family member,...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Feb 3, 2018
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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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jun 17, 2012
Who’s the Enemy?
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...
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