Jim Turner lost its steam
A reader sent me an email about a steamboat wreck he couldn't remember the name of. I know of a few, and the one he was looking for was...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Feb 19
Long Lost Lafayette
This 1839 postal road map shows Lost Prairie, Lafayette Courthouse, and Conway connected via the Red River in Lafayette County (Miller...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jan 31
Electric Electra
I took this photo of a two story building along Cleveland Street in Electra (Wichita county, Texas) a few years back. I always thought...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jan 31
Old Shed Road
The only extant depiction of Shed Road I've found, so far, comes from a 1926 article in the Bossier Banner Progress. Bossier City didn't...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jan 31
Rich Place
Bradley's Corner north of Burkburnett, Wichita County, Texas (DeGoyler Library, SMU) The "skyscrapers" on this photograph climbed into...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jul 11, 2021
Jefferson devolution
Jefferson, the county seat of Marion County, Texas, became an inland port after the first federal Red River raft (massive log jam)...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jul 6, 2021
Honeycutt Flat
Due to work related activities, I've been nosing around Gainesville (Cooke County, Texas) lately. The city was founded as a settlement in...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jun 29, 2021
Criminal architecture
Since 1880s at least, and most likely at least two decades prior, the corner of State/ East Fourth/ Sam Rayburn and North Chestnut...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jun 29, 2021
Old Arkansas Home
In the 1820s, the Blevins family built a primitive, two story home without the use of nails in today's Hempstead County, Arkansas. This...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jun 28, 2021
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,...
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