Denison labor
Camp for National Guardsmen, called to Denison, Texas to quell potential violence during a railroad shopmen strike, at Forest Park near...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 5
Marcy and Black Beaver
Randolph B. Marcy, a West Point graduate and U.S. army captain/lieutenant from Pennsylvania, served much of his pre-Civil War career in...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jul 21
Massacre at Wichita Village
The "Historical Map of Clay County" by the Slagle Abstract Company shows an Old Cattle Trail meeting at the Little Washita in Clay...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jul 21
On the road
The Bankhead Highway was easily navigable through Dallas, Fort Worth, and out west, as it was paved with Thurber bricks. (Hardin Simmons...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 2, 2021
A remarkable man
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...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 2, 2021
Crossing at Doan's
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....
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Aug 2, 2021
Milling around Eliasville
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...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jul 26, 2021
Longitudinal confusion
The Red River Valley above Fulton/ Clarksville / Fort Towson was not fully mapped until after the Civil War. The first regional mapping...
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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
- Jul 6, 2021
Disappearing Fort
Founded in 1867, Fort Griffin (Shackleford County, Texas) is now a state historic site with lots of scenic ruins on a mesquite-heavy...
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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
Denison DAM!
When Sam Rayburn, U.S. Speaker of the House from Bonham (Fannin County, Texas), proposed the flood control project for the Red River at...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jun 28, 2021
Trace of Trammel
In 1838, when the United States and the Republic of Texas surveyed the boundary between the countries along the Index Line (today's...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jun 28, 2021
Great War Soldier
Tombstones, especially military ones, are great ways to trace history. And the history gathered from a tombstone needn't be from your...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jun 28, 2021
Red River City
According to this map filed by the Houston & Texas Railroad with the Texas General Land Office, their rail line was proposed to extend to...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jun 28, 2021
Depredations
In the 1890s, these unnamed men from Montague County, Texas posed for a photograph after filing claims against the U.S. government for...
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