Stephen F. Austin traced a Mexican map of the Province of Texas from 1818 and painted it with water colors.

This Province of Texas map by Mexico was drawn and colored in 1818.

A 1721 map places the Yattassee village (spelled Yatachez) on the eastern side of the Red River.

De la Harpe and his men built a wooden trading post at the "abandoned village of the Nassonite chief."

The conflict between the American new-comers and the "old inhabitants" could be seen with the establishment of Fort Claiborne.

Fort Jesup, erected in 1822 along the Camino de Real (Spanish Road) replaced Fort Claiborne of 1804.

While at the Ouachita River, Bernard de la Harpe claimed to have eaten a unicorn.

The Theft of the Red River Medicine Stone, a giant meteorite, may have deeply affected relations between nations in the Red River Valley.

US 80, formerly known as the Dixie Overland Highway, merges with the Bankhead Highway and is the mother road of the Red River Valley.

The Good Roads Movement was the brainchild of two inventions: the Safety Bicycle and the Automobile.

Establishing the Chickasaw Nation along the Red River proved to be a long ordeal.

The old Boston Jail in New Boston, not to be confused with the original (Texas) Boston.

The Colfax Massacre along the Red River was the most violent episode in Reconstruction Louisiana.

A ticket reserved passage on the steam boat Relief, which paddled down the river from White Oak Shoals (Arkansas) to Natchitoches.

The Shawnees were originally from the Ohio River, not the Red River.

The Red River Valley witnessed racialist violence, based on whites deflecting, throughout the first half of the 20th century.

The Kiowas of the Oklahoma Plains created a unique horse and buffalo hunting culture.

The Great Raft of the Red River: A Massive Log Jam with its own Eco System

Wavell's Grant was the second empressario granted by Mexcio for Texas, but there were already illegal squatters.

One of the more fascinating cultures of the original Red River Valley people are the Tonkawas, a very distinct Texas tribe.