Avery in Red River County, Texas is a bike trail town that still has an intact business district in its downtown, but some (most) of the buildings are no longer in use.

In his 1844 journal of his trading expeditions to Santa Fe, Josiah Gregg devoted at least four pages to the prairie dog.

Epperson's Ferry served the Trammel Trace across the Sulphur River in Bowie County.

Red River Station was the fabled crossing for the Abilene Cattle Trail at the Red River in Montague County during the 1870s and 1880s.

The Killgore Mansion is tied to the Cloud Stark Mansion of Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas... and it's not just based on the time period.

The Cossatot River derives from a French word meaning"crushed head," and in 1833, it was to be spanned by a toll bridge.

A map from 1872 details some original cattle trails that ran through Texas after the Civil War.

At the turn of the 20th century, the Army Corps of Engineers dredged the Trinity River and built locks and dams south of Dallas.

Fort Griffin marked the boundary line ("the frontier") between Native American lands and white settlement ("civilization").

Fort Phantom Hill centered a small town of the same name in the 1880s, where the main source of income derived from buffalo slaughter.

Fort Washita's main purpose was to protect Chickasaw and Choctaw settlers from the Plains Indians and Anglo "land smugglers."

The Good Roads Movement was the brainchild of two inventions: the Safety Bicycle and the Automobile.

The Great Western Trail was the last great northern cattle trail.

The Shawnee Trail is also known as Preston Road or Texas Trail or Military Road or Emigrant Trail.

The Chisholm Trail was mostly known as the Abilene Cattle Trail through Indian Territory.

The Trail of Tears for the Choctaws ended at a little place called Ultima Thule, and the beginning of their new home was Eagletown.

The Butterfield Overland Mail Route was the first transcontinental road in the United States.

A "National Recreation Area" that was once named after a senator from Connecticut.

The Clarity Tunnel is the star of the ride.

A Rare Map of Oklahoma from 1892 shows towns, trails, districts, counties, and more.