Abandonment

Robin Cole-Jett

Oct 17

The Oldest Church in Louisiana

St. Anne's Church in Natchitoches Parish may be the church with the oldest congregation in the state of Louisiana.

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Pancanula or Pauchunla or Paucaunla or Pa...whatever in old Panola County, Chickasaw Nation

Robin Cole-Jett

Sep 2

Pancanula or Pauchunla or Paucaunla or Pa...whatever in old Panola County, Chickasaw Nation

In May 1899. a letter in a Denison newspaper appeared about a "new, thriving, up-to-date town" named Pancanula, Chickasaw Nation.

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Endangered Peery Cemetery in Cooke County, Texas

Robin Cole-Jett

Jul 25

Endangered Peery Cemetery in Cooke County, Texas

The Peery Cemetery in Cooke County, Texas is endangered by the development of a 7-Eleven.

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Impending Construction at Crutchfield Cemetery in Denton County

Robin Cole-Jett

Jul 17

Impending Construction at Crutchfield Cemetery in Denton County

Crutchfield Cemetery is an African American burial ground that is all but forgotten among a a construction boom in eastern Denton County.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Jul 1

Triangle Motel on Route 66 in Amarillo

When Route 66 served as the main highway through Amarillo, the Triangle Motel on the east side was the first place west-bound travelers saw.

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The Ozark Trail, aka the original Route 66

Robin Cole-Jett

Jun 27

The Ozark Trail, aka the original Route 66

The northwestern portions of the Ozark Trail were subsumed by the federal highway project designated as US 66, aka the original Route 66.

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Robin Cole-Jett

May 30

Railroad Ruin in Sherman

Along Cherry Street in downtown Sherman is an interesting ruin behind the 1888 Cottonbelt railroad depot.

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The Electric Interurban Railway Systems of North Texas

Robin Cole-Jett

May 27

The Electric Interurban Railway Systems of North Texas

The electric interurban railway systems connected cities along the region designated as "North Texas."

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Robin Cole-Jett

May 8

Indian City, USA

Several years ago, I took a road trip and found myself at Indian City, USA. I'm glad I did, because Indian City, USA is no more.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Mar 31

A Visit to Red River Station

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

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Robin Cole-Jett

Mar 25

Devol Calaboose, and not much else

Besides the calaboose, there's not much else in Devol to explain the town's former industriousness.

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Rainy Mountain Indian School for the Kiowa and Apache Tribes

Robin Cole-Jett

Nov 26, 2023

Rainy Mountain Indian School for the Kiowa and Apache Tribes

From 1893 to 1920, Rainy Mountain Indian School "Americanized" children from the Kiowa and Apache tribes, and now lies as an unmarked ruin.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Oct 23, 2023

Long gone Medicine Mound, Texas

Medicine Mound is southwest of Chillicothe in Hardeman County, Texas along what was once the Kansas, Mexico & Orient Railway.

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Sketch of the Pawnee (Wichita) Village by George Catlin

Robin Cole-Jett

Oct 9, 2023

Sketch of the Pawnee (Wichita) Village by George Catlin

The Pawnee/ Wichita village that George Catlin sketched was abandoned by the 1860s.

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Old Trinity River Locks and Dams in Dallas

Robin Cole-Jett

Oct 9, 2023

Old Trinity River Locks and Dams in Dallas

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

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Ancient Pyramid Mounds at Marksville, Louisiana

Robin Cole-Jett

Oct 6, 2023

Ancient Pyramid Mounds at Marksville, Louisiana

Near Marksville, Louisiana sit 2,500 year old, human constructed mounds... ancient, earthen pyramids. They've been abandoned once again.

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The Red River Toll Bridge at Sacra's Ferry at Brown Springs

Robin Cole-Jett

Sep 23, 2023

The Red River Toll Bridge at Sacra's Ferry at Brown Springs

In 1931, the toll bridge at the former Sacra's Ferry site across from Brown Springs closed for good in favor of a free bridge a upstream.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Sep 19, 2023

The Old Paris Cemeteries

Paris, Texas has several inactive, old cemeteries within its city limits.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Sep 18, 2023

Denison, Railroad City

The MKT made Denison a very important railroad city after the Civil War.

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Waterless and Bisonless Fort Phantom Hill

Robin Cole-Jett

Sep 17, 2023

Waterless and Bisonless Fort Phantom Hill

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

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