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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


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


Ward the Ville: Wardville, Oklahoma
Wardville, Oklahoma is a ghost town but don't call it that.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 31, 2023


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


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


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


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


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


Rare Southwestern Arkansas Civil War Map
A rare, hand-drawn map of southwestern Arkansas during the Civil War.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 31, 2023


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


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


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


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


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


The Chicken War
In 1936, the Chicken War of 1719 was inadvertently commemorated.
Robin Cole-Jett
Dec 1, 2022


Denison Labor Strike of 1922... that couldn't be
On July 1, 1922, the national Union of Railroad Shopmen called for a country-wide strike, and Denison's MKT labor was about to participate.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 5, 2022


Trails blazed by Randolph B. Marcy and Black Beaver in the Red River Valley
Randolph B. Marcy and Black Beaver built trails all along the Red River Valley.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 5, 2022


Fur Trade in the Red River Valley
A description of the fur trade in Louisiana during the French colonial era.
Wilhelmina Heloise
Aug 1, 2022


Massacre and a Trail of Tears on the Van Dorn Trail
The Van Dorn Trail led to a massacre and subsequently became a Trail of Tears for the Plains Indians.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jul 21, 2022


The Bankhead Highway Convoy through North Texas!
In 1919, the U.S. government authorized a Military Motor Convoy to traverse the Bankhead Highway.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jul 21, 2022
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