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Muriel Wright and Boggy Depot
Muriel Wright documented Boggy Depot well.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 28, 2021
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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,...
Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 28, 2021
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Depredations
In the 1890s, these unnamed men from Montague County, Texas posed for a photograph after filing claims against the U.S. government for...
Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 28, 2021
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Mexican Texas or Texan Mexico
Around 1821, Spanish Texas became Mexican Texas.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jul 21, 2020
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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...
Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 9, 2020
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Oak Hill Industrial School, an Academy for Choctaw Freedmen
Oak Hill Industrial School, an academy for Choctaw freedmen, was established in 1869.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 9, 2020
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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.
Robin Cole-Jett
May 10, 2020
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Old friends
The depot from Sanger (Denton County, Texas) was moved to Tioga (Grayson County) and now has a second life as an antique store. Drove to...
Robin Cole-Jett
Apr 1, 2020
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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!
Robin Cole-Jett
Apr 1, 2020
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Farmers Improvement College at Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas
The Farmers Improvement College near Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas was designed for agricultural and domestic training.
Robin Cole-Jett
Mar 9, 2020
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Willis, Marshall County, Oklahoma: An Erased Town
The Willis Cemetery sits just off US 377 north of Lake Texoma in Marshall County, Oklahoma.
Robin Cole-Jett
Feb 24, 2020
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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...
Robin Cole-Jett
Feb 17, 2020
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Warren Trading Post in Fannin County, Texas
Warren was once the seat of Fannin County, Texas
Robin Cole-Jett
Dec 2, 2019
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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...
Robin Cole-Jett
Nov 4, 2019
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Map that textbook
A sketch of a map drawn for a textbook yields some interesting information. Here’s a mid-19th century, hand-drawn map of the Indian...
Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 15, 2019
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Recipes and Memories
Lucinda Davis, a person enslaved by the Creeks and a resident of former Indian Territory, was interviewed and photographed by the Federal...
Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 15, 2019
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Mad Man Road in Eagletown, Oklahoma
There was always a mystery to me surrounding a name of a street in Eagletown, Oklahoma – Mad Man Road.
Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 13, 2019
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Red River expedition: The Parker Map
I was nosing around the digital collections listed at by the Louisiana State University (Shreveport) libraries and found the Parker map.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 23, 2019
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The Roosevelt Douglass Separate School
The Douglass Separate School in Roosevelt, Oklahoma.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 16, 2019
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Not the right Red River
I found a couple of 1872 sketches of the “Red River” by Alfred Rudolph Waud. Waud was an English illustrator who worked in the last half...
Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 3, 2019
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