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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Robin Cole-Jett
- May 10, 2020
Camp Augur No Longer
Camp Augur in today’s Tillman County, Oklahoma was founded in 1871 to protect the tribes impacted by the Medicine Lodge Treaty of 1867.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Apr 1, 2020
Jail Bait: Finding Jail Cells in a Field at an Estate Sale in Denton County, Texas
I freakin' found the cells of Denton County's old jail in a Texas field full of brambles!
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Mar 9, 2020
Farmers Improvement College at Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas
The Farmers Improvement College near Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas was designed for agricultural and domestic training.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Feb 24, 2020
Willis, Marshall County, Oklahoma: An Erased Town
The Willis Cemetery sits just off US 377 north of Lake Texoma in Marshall County, Oklahoma.
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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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Robin Cole-Jett
- Dec 2, 2019
Warren Trading Post in Fannin County, Texas
Warren was once the seat of Fannin County, Texas
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Nov 4, 2019
Reclamation
Inside the old cemeteries where American dead reside, nature is taking back what was culled from her. A tree eats a decorative iron fence...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jun 16, 2019
The Roosevelt Douglass Separate School
The Douglass Separate School in Roosevelt, Oklahoma.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Mar 12, 2019
Fancy digs, once
The Grand Central Hotel (first class, no less!) in Terral, Jefferson County, Oklahoma was an imposing building at the turn of the century...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Feb 17, 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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Robin Cole-Jett
- Nov 4, 2018
Slices of Sibley
Sibley (1757-1837) is buried in the American Cemetery in Natchitoches, Louisiana. John Sibley was the first Indian Agent in the Louisiana...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jul 12, 2018
Fort Towson Remains
Fort Towson in today’s Choctaw County, was established in 1824.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Apr 15, 2018
Beautiful Buffalo Springs
I visited Buffalo Springs in Clay County (TX), a little ghost town named after a nearby buffalo watering site. Founded around 1864,...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Mar 25, 2018
Union Relics from the Red River Campaign at Bailey's Dam, Alexandria, Louisiana
Nathan Banks, Union general, left a relic of the Red River Campaign at Bailey's Dam in Alexandria, Louisiana.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Feb 4, 2018
Lone Grave
Along a county road in Jackson County, Oklahoma, lies the lonesome grave of Joel Moseley, 1846-1890. Mr. Moseley was born in Georgia and,...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jan 31, 2018
Aliens in Wise County, Texas???
Near Aurora (Wise County, Texas) is this old grocery store. I wonder if the store was witness to the UFO crash landing, which allegedly...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jan 17, 2018
Caddos along the Red River Valley
Three major Native American tribes called the Red River Valley of the Southwest home long before Europeans staked their claims. The...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 8, 2015
An historic Death
In the US, death of history is frequent. I’m not talking about historical events today, even though they have their own share of death...
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