The once-substantial town of Fullerton in Vernon Parish was a lumber mill site that became a ghost town within less than three decades' time.

Avery in Red River County, Texas is a bike trail town that still has an intact business district in its downtown, but some (most) of the buildings are no longer in use.

The Resettlement Administration was defunded when sharecroppers tenant farms were added to the program.

Detroit, Texas was home to Cactus Jack aka John Nance Garner, Vice President to Franklin Roosevelt form 1933 to 1941.