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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.
Robin Cole-Jett
Apr 29, 2023
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Dream a Little Street: History of Pavement on Early Dallas Roads
Let me bore you to sleep by telling you about the history of pavement on early Dallas roads!
Robin Cole-Jett
Mar 29, 2023
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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!
Robin Cole-Jett
Mar 29, 2023
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Jim Turner lost: Sunk Red River Steam Boat at Albion
Jim Turner, a steam boat, sunk at Albion on the Red River in 1854.
Robin Cole-Jett
Mar 21, 2023
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Long Lost Lafayette (and Prairie), Arkansas
Lafayette and Lost Prairie in Arkansas were built by slave labor and washed away by the Red River.
Robin Cole-Jett
Feb 19, 2023
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Electra's The Globe, a Lost Building
The Globe Building in Electra, Texas is now lost.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 31, 2023
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Promiscuous Peddling: Shreveport's Farmers Market
To prevent shifty salesmen, the city of Shreveport erected an orderly Farmers Market.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 31, 2023
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Ward the Ville: Wardville, Oklahoma
Wardville, Oklahoma is a ghost town but don't call it that.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 31, 2023
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Red River Station on the Cattle Trail
Red River Station in Montague County, Texas is a ghost of the cattle trail driving past.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 31, 2023
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Learn that Business: Draughon's Practical Business Colleges
Draughon's Business Colleges private offered a "no-frills education without sports teams, commencement, and other distractions."
Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 31, 2023
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Colony Mission: Seeger Indian School in Washita County, Oklahoma
Colony, Washita County, Oklahoma was home to Seeger Indian Industrial School and the Dutch Reformed Church mission.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 31, 2023
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Camp Howze at Gainesville, Texas
The purpose of Camp Howze in Gainesville, Texas was to train infantry for activation during World War II.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 31, 2023
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Colbert's Bridge, Hotel, and Ferry at the Red River
Colbert's hotel stood above his ferry, which once was replaced by a bridge in 1875 that the Red River promptly washed away.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 31, 2023
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Rare Southwestern Arkansas Civil War Map
A rare, hand-drawn map of southwestern Arkansas during the Civil War.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 31, 2023
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Old Shed Road in Bossier City
The purpose of "Shed Road" in Bossier City was to prevent rain from soaking the dirt trail below.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 31, 2023
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Bad Bill Dalton, dead in Ardmore
Bill Dalton of the infamous "Dalton Gang" was born in Missouri in 1865 and died near Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma in 1894.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 31, 2023
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De Mézières writing Smack about Natchitoches after Taovaya
After his 1772 visit to Taovaya at the Red River, Athanase De Mézières preferred the villages over Natchitoches.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 31, 2023
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Garland in Bowie County, Texas
East of DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas and a few miles south of the Red River is the tiny community of Garland.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 31, 2023
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Oily Place: Bradley's Corner in Wichita County, Texas
Bradley's Corner was a "collection of tents, shacks and oil field shops" in the Northwest Extension Field.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 31, 2023
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The Chicken War
In 1936, the Chicken War of 1719 was inadvertently commemorated.
Robin Cole-Jett
Dec 1, 2022
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