Sykes Ferry at Dorcheat Bayou, Louisiana
Sykes (Sikes) Ferry Road passing over Dorcheat Bayou north of Minden in central Webster Parish, Louisiana.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 22
Western Louisiana in the Civil War
When the capitol of Louisiana faced Union Control and Reconstruction during the Civil War, western Louisiana descended into lawlessness.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 22
Indian Territory in the Civil War
The re-taking of forts in Indian Territory was one minor focus of Grant's Vicksburg campaign in the Civil War.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 22
Southwestern Arkansas in the Civil War
The people in Southwestern Arkansas before the Civil War were much more populist and had a strong free-soil expansionist base.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 22
Sang pour Sang
The bones of the Natchez warriorss could be seen there years afterwards at Lake Sang pour Sang — "Blood for Blood."
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 22
The Great Hanging of Gainesville in the Newspapers
Newspaper articles report on the same event: the Great Hanging in Gainesville, as well as other murders that took place in North Texas
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 22
North Texas in the Civil War
While its neighbors suffered in stopping the Union armies from entering, North Texas itself left the Civil War relatively unscathed.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 22
Top o' Hill Terrace
Top o' Hill Terrace was one the biggest gambling halls, bordellos, and speakeasies in the Southwest.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 22
The Brown Front Brothel in Denison
The most notorious brothel in Denison was Brown Front, named so because it, well, had an unpainted wooden front that was none too pretty.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 22
What was once Hell's Half Acre in Fort Worth
The courthouse once left an imposing impression on those plying their trades in old Hell's Half Acre, Fort Worth's red light district.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 22
St. Paul Bottom in Shreveport
Established by freed African Americans in 1865, St. Paul Bottom bordered Twelve Mile Bayou in the northwest section of downtown Shreveport.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 22
Dallas Vice: Boggy Bayou, Deep Ellum, the Reservation, West Dallas, and Commerce Street
Dallas boasted several vice districts: Boggy Bayou, Deep Ellum, the Reservation, West Dallas, and Commerce Street.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 20
A Not-Always Fair Park in Dallas
Most of the buildings that lie inside Fair Park in Dallas today are landmarks built purposefully for the 1936 Centennial Exposition.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 20
Coded and Uniform Architecture
Architecture was coded and uniform to be efficient in their builds, even the places that we now view as one-of-a-kind quaintness.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 19
Sand Branch, or Simonds Precinct Cemetery, in Dallas County
The Simonds Precinct cemetery is known called to its families as "Sand Branch."
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 19
D-Day Death in Cooke County
Sgt. Roy Speake died early in the morning on D-Day, June 6, 1944 during the invasion of Normandy, and is now buried in Cooke County, Texas.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 19
Showman's Rest
Hugo's Mount Olivet Cemetery is home to Showman's Rest section, where circus folk go to get buried.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 19
The Old Paris Cemeteries
Paris, Texas has several inactive, old cemeteries within its city limits.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 19
Shreve Report on the Completion of the Red River Raft Removal
This report by Captain Henry Shreve explains that the Red River Raft removal is complete. Kinda.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 18
Comanche Rations at Fort Supply
Comanches received rations of food as well as monies to offset the loss of territory at Fort Supply.
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