One bright, sunny, and very hot day, I traversed the Texas portion of US 82 into Archer County from Wichita County, on my way to some...

If you counted yourself among the fashionable pioneer set, a MUST-DO was to cross into Indian Territory by way of the Doan's Store....

One of the easiest ways to spot a ghost town is to follow abandoned railroad lines. When the companies were building their right-of-ways...

The Red River Valley above Fulton/ Clarksville / Fort Towson was not fully mapped until after the Civil War. The first regional mapping...

Jefferson, the county seat of Marion County, Texas, became an inland port after the first federal Red River raft (massive log jam)...

Due to work related activities, I've been nosing around Gainesville (Cooke County, Texas) lately. The city was founded as a settlement in...

Founded in 1867, Fort Griffin (Shackleford County, Texas) is now a state historic site with lots of scenic ruins on a mesquite-heavy...

Since 1880s at least, and most likely at least two decades prior, the corner of State/ East Fourth/ Sam Rayburn and North Chestnut...

When Sam Rayburn, U.S. Speaker of the House from Bonham (Fannin County, Texas), proposed the flood control project for the Red River at...

In 1838, when the United States and the Republic of Texas surveyed the boundary between the countries along the Index Line (today's...

Tombstones, especially military ones, are great ways to trace history. And the history gathered from a tombstone needn't be from your...

According to this map filed by the Houston & Texas Railroad with the Texas General Land Office, their rail line was proposed to extend to...

In the 1890s, these unnamed men from Montague County, Texas posed for a photograph after filing claims against the U.S. government for...