Mudgett aka Holmes aka Lyman aka Pratt, the builder of the Murder Castle in Fort Worth, was executed by hanging in 1896.

The U.S. Army was instrumental in the slaughter of bison to destroy the Plains tribes.

In 1931, the toll bridge at the former Sacra's Ferry site across from Brown Springs closed for good in favor of a free bridge a upstream.

The bones of the Natchez warriorss could be seen there years afterwards at Lake Sang pour Sang — "Blood for Blood."

Established by freed African Americans in 1865, St. Paul Bottom bordered Twelve Mile Bayou in the northwest section of downtown Shreveport.

This report by Captain Henry Shreve explains that the Red River Raft removal is complete. Kinda.

The Spring Bank ferry over the Red River was unique, as the Blanton family operated it for over a hundred years, from 1836 until 1957.

A 1721 map places the Yattassee village (spelled Yatachez) on the eastern side of the Red River.

De la Harpe and his men built a wooden trading post at the "abandoned village of the Nassonite chief."

The Theft of the Red River Medicine Stone, a giant meteorite, may have deeply affected relations between nations in the Red River Valley.

The old Boston Jail in New Boston, not to be confused with the original (Texas) Boston.

The Great Raft of the Red River: A Massive Log Jam with its own Eco System

Wavell's Grant was the second empressario granted by Mexcio for Texas, but there were already illegal squatters.

A wreck in the Red River is an archeological site.

There was the once-large town of Gotebo, Oklahoma.

Preston was founded by Holland Coffee, and yes, that was his real name.

San Calixto in the Wichita Mountains - the Sierra Jumanos - was probably the base for gold prospecting after it failed as a mission in 1629.

An announcement of a stern wheeler going to Beal's Landing in Fannin County.

The toll bridge at Sowell's Bluff at the Red River, between Fannin County, Texas and Bryan County, Oklahoma collapsed in 1934.

"The devastating 1908 flood's effect on the "Frisco Bridge - Warner Junction - Red River Flood. May 26th '08."