All that was lost under Lake Texoma: Woodville, Aylesworth, Achaeology, and more
Lake Texoma left archaeology and the towns of Aylesworth and Woodville, among others, beneath its waters.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 29, 2021
Humble historic home
Sometime in the 1990s, the federal program called Historic Buildings Survey (HABS) documented the Coincoin- Prudhomme home along the Cane...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 29, 2021
A nice long stroll through Chichi
One settlement along this path that interests me is at the western end of the road on this map - Chichi.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 29, 2021
Battlin' Catlin
In 1834, George Catlin accompanied the first dragoon expedition, helmed by Generals Henry Dodge and Henry Leavenworth, from Kansas into...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 29, 2021
The Blevins Training School in Hempstead County, Arkansas
The Blevins Training School was a high school during the era of segregation in Hempstead County, Arkansas.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 29, 2021
Old Arkansas Home: the Blevins Family Cabin in Hempstead County
In the 1820s, the Blevins family built a primitive, two story cabin without the use of nails in today's Hempstead County, Arkansas.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 29, 2021
Murder Mystery: Tuck's Ferry in Love County, Oklahoma
The demise of Tuck's Ferry in Love County, Oklahoma was the outcome of the ferry operator's murder.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 29, 2021
Tatums Oil Boom
Tatums, Carter County, Oklahoma, experienced an oil boom as the home to the first African-American owned oil operation.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 28, 2021
Trace of Trammel
In 1838, when the United States and the Republic of Texas surveyed the boundary between the countries along the Index Line (today's...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 28, 2021
100th Meridian
In August of 1859, surveyors marked the 100th Meridian at the Red River - the line that marks the eastern boundary of the Texas panhandle...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 28, 2021
Lost La Salle
The map by Jean Baptist Franquelin, printed in Paris (France) in 1684, is a facsimile of the original that has been lost. It now resides...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 28, 2021
Great War Soldier in a Segregated Cemetery in Bonham, Texas
Alvin Reeves, a Great War soldier, is buried in the segregated portion of Gates Hill Cemetery in Bonham, Texas.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 28, 2021
Dr. King's Visit to Shreveport
An oral history about Dr. Martin Luther King's visit to Shreveport in the 1950s.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 28, 2021
Red River City
According to this map filed by the Houston & Texas Railroad with the Texas General Land Office, their rail line was proposed to extend to...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 28, 2021
Muriel Wright and Boggy Depot
Muriel Wright documented Boggy Depot well.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 28, 2021
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
Jun 28, 2021
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
Jul 21, 2020
Mexican Texas or Texan Mexico
Around 1821, Spanish Texas became Mexican Texas.
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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
Jun 9, 2020
Oak Hill Industrial School, an Academy for Choctaw Freedmen
Oak Hill Industrial School, an academy for Choctaw freedmen, was established in 1869.
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