Carpenter's Bluff Bridge
Before it ferried cars across, Carpenter's Bluff bridge served as a train crossing.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 31
Wreck in the Red River
A wreck in the Red River is an archeological site.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 31
Boggy Depot
By the late 1830s, Boggy Depot centered the Choctaw/ Chickasaw Nation.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 31
Good ol' Gotebo, Oklahoma
There was the once-large town of Gotebo, Oklahoma.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 31
Welcome to Roosevelt, Oklahoma!
Roosevelt has disproportionately more cars than it does humans, but the cars are what keep the humans in Roosevelt.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 31
Tatums, Carter County, Oklahoma: Oil Boom and Rosenwald School
Tatums in Carter County, Oklahoma was an all-black town that enjoyed a brief oil boom.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 31
Doaksville, Choctaw County, Oklahoma
Doaksville in Choctaw County, Oklahoma is now a ghost town but was once a very important place.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 30
Spanish Fort in Montague County, Texas: Not Spanish and not a Fort
Spanish Fort in Montague County, Texas was originally a Taovayan village that spanned the Red River.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 29
The Drowned Town of Preston, aka Coffee's Trading Post
Preston was founded by Holland Coffee, and yes, that was his real name.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 29
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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