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Doaksville, Choctaw County, Oklahoma
Doaksville in Choctaw County, Oklahoma is now a ghost town but was once a very important place.
Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 31, 2023
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Rare Map of Oklahoma: Chisholm Trail and Original Choctaw Names
A Rare Map of Oklahoma from 1892 shows towns, trails, districts, counties, and more.
Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 20, 2023
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Gainesville's Chickasaw Hotel
The relationship between Gainesville, Texas and Indian Territory as explained by the Chickasaw Hotel.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jul 23, 2023
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Thousand-Word Photograph: Texans Squatting in Indian Territory
The Chickasaws witnessed a land and genealogical invasion by Texans in the early 20th century.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jul 9, 2023
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Long Lost Lafayette (and Prairie), Arkansas
Lafayette and Lost Prairie in Arkansas were built by slave labor and washed away by the Red River.
Robin Cole-Jett
Feb 19, 2023
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Red River Station on the Cattle Trail
Red River Station in Montague County, Texas is a ghost of the cattle trail driving past.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 31, 2023
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Colony Mission: Seeger Indian School in Washita County, Oklahoma
Colony, Washita County, Oklahoma was home to Seeger Indian Industrial School and the Dutch Reformed Church mission.
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Jan 31, 2023
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Colbert's Bridge, Hotel, and Ferry at the Red River
Colbert's hotel stood above his ferry, which once was replaced by a bridge in 1875 that the Red River promptly washed away.
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Jan 31, 2023
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Trails blazed by Randolph B. Marcy and Black Beaver in the Red River Valley
Randolph B. Marcy and Black Beaver built trails all along the Red River Valley.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 5, 2022
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Massacre and a Trail of Tears on the Van Dorn Trail
The Van Dorn Trail led to a massacre and subsequently became a Trail of Tears for the Plains Indians.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jul 21, 2022
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Eagletown, Originally a Station on the Choctaw Trail of Tears
Eagletown was settled within a decade of the Louisiana Purchase and was originally a station on the Choctaw Trail of Tears.
Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 2, 2021
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Whole 'nother county
Texas likes that it's big, and between 1860 and 1894, it was actually a million and a half acres larger than it is today. That's because...
Robin Cole-Jett
Jul 6, 2021
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Old Arkansas Home: the Blevins Family Cabin in Hempstead County
In the 1820s, the Blevins family built a primitive, two story cabin without the use of nails in today's Hempstead County, Arkansas.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 29, 2021
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Muriel Wright and Boggy Depot
Muriel Wright documented Boggy Depot well.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 28, 2021
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Mexican Texas or Texan Mexico
Around 1821, Spanish Texas became Mexican Texas.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jul 21, 2020
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Camp Augur No Longer
Camp Augur in today’s Tillman County, Oklahoma was founded in 1871 to protect the tribes impacted by the Medicine Lodge Treaty of 1867.
Robin Cole-Jett
May 10, 2020
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Red River expedition: The Parker Map
I was nosing around the digital collections listed at by the Louisiana State University (Shreveport) libraries and found the Parker map.
Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 22, 2019
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