The DeMorse Home in Clarksville
The home of Charles DeMorse, publisher of the Northern Standard of the 1840s-1850, in Clarksville, Texas.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 28
Old Washington, Hempstead County, Arkansas
The old town of Washington, Arkansas was once the biggest town in the Southwest.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 27
Fulton in Hempstead County, Arkansas: An Original River Town
Fulton grew up along the Great Bend of the Red River but is no longer growing.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 27
Traveling Belt Line Road in Dallas
Several years ago, I drove the entire Belt Line Road that circles around Dallas County, and I did it again this past month.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 27
Gold at San Calixto near the Wichita Mountains, aka the Sierra Jumanos, of Oklahoma
San Calixto in the Wichita Mountains - the Sierra Jumanos - was probably the base for gold prospecting after it failed as a mission in 1629.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 24
Steam Boat from Doaksville to Beal's Landing
An announcement of a stern wheeler going to Beal's Landing in Fannin County.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 22
Hiking the Chickasaw National Park, Oklahoma
A "National Recreation Area" that was once named after a senator from Connecticut.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 22
The Dust Bowl in the Red River Valley
The western valley especially testified to this internal refugee crisis.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 20
Hiking Caprock Canyon State Trailway to the Clarity Tunnel, Texas
The Clarity Tunnel is the star of the ride.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 20
Early Bankhead , or the Southern National Highway
Before it was the Bankhead Highway, it was the Southern National Highway
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 20
Rare Map of Oklahoma: Chisholm Trail and Original Choctaw Names
A Rare Map of Oklahoma from 1892 shows towns, trails, districts, counties, and more.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 20
Hiking the Blue River WMA, Oklahoma
The Blue River WMA is a hiker's and fisher's paradise.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 18
The Collapsed Toll Bridges at Sowell and Telephone, Texas
The toll bridge at Sowell's Bluff at the Red River, between Fannin County, Texas and Bryan County, Oklahoma collapsed in 1934.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 15
Union Strategy in Indian Territory, Annotated
Annotated editorial from the Chicago Tribune to provide some context about slavery in the Choctaw Nation.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 13
The Old Preston Road
The upper portion of this 1840 map by General Cooke of Grayson and Fannin counties shows a number of places that no longer exist
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 13
Gloster at Jefferson... Highway
Gloster became a functioning place only after the Texas & Pacific trains came through
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 11
The King of Trails from Kansas To Texas
The King of Trails took travelers from Kansas to the Gulf Coast of Texas.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 10
1908 Flood at Warren in Fannin County, Texas
"The devastating 1908 flood's effect on the "Frisco Bridge - Warner Junction - Red River Flood. May 26th '08."
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 10
A Traveling Map, Part IV: Helmuth Holtz and La Reunion and Dallas
West of downtown Dallas was the settlement "La Reunion," founded by socialists in 1850s.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 10
A Traveling Map, Part III: Holtz and Pilot Grove, Texas in 1865
A map showing the stagecoach route through Pilot Grove (Grayson County, Texas) in 1865.
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