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    Going the distance
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • May 15

    Going the distance

    The published account of the 28th Congressional Session in 1843 included a number of maps and drawings. These visuals helped to...
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    Mansura mapping
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jul 26, 2021

    Mansura mapping

    I have never seen Mansura, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, well-represented on any map prior to satellite data. But we can figure out why...
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    Humble historic home
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jun 30, 2021

    Humble historic home

    Sometime in the 1990s, the federal program called Historic Buildings Survey (HABS) documented the Coincoin- Prudhomme home along the Cane...
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    A nice long stroll
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jun 30, 2021

    A nice long stroll

    A broadly circulated description of Louisiana explained how travelers could get to Mexico from Natchez, Mississippi, and this 1814 map...
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    Dr. King's Visit to Shreveport
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jun 28, 2021

    Dr. King's Visit to Shreveport

    In January of 2002, Shreveport resident William Hines, who was one of the city's first African American police officers, gave an oral...
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