Thousands of Mounds, or: Red River Acne
What are these "earth pimples" (acne!) as some researchers have described the circular mounds that appear in all over the Red River Valley?
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Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 21
An ancient Village at Fish Creek, Cooke County, Texas
Discovery of an ancient village at Fish Creek, formerly a channel of the Red River in Cooke County, Texas, explains Cross Timbers people.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 8
Mound City of the Caddo in southwest Arkansas
The Caddo structures were so numerous that Europeans who came to the Red River labeled southwestern Arkansas "Mound City."
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 6
The Caddo City of the Dead at Ozan Creek, Washington, Hempstead County, Arkansas
Evidence of the Caddo City of the Dead along Ozan Creek at Washington, Hempstead County, Arkansas has been almost entirely eliminated.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 5
The City of the Dead in Ozan, Hempstead County, Arkansas
Ozan in Hempstead County, Arkansas is a true City of the Dead, a place that connected to the Battle Mound village along the Red River.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 28, 2023
Sand Springs at Waterloo Lake by Denison
One of the most historic places in Grayson County, Texas is Waterloo Lake in Denison, fed by Sand Springs, a natural watering hole.
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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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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 26, 2023
Salt Nation: Caddo Industry in Southwestern Arkansas
The Caddo Nation mined salt for over eight hundred years, and this activity remained an Arkansas industry into the 19th century.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 17, 2023
Fort Griffin, "Civilized"
Fort Griffin marked the boundary line ("the frontier") between Native American lands and white settlement ("civilization").
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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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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 17, 2023
Fort Arbuckle in the Mountains
Fort Arbuckle was founded by Randolph B. Marcy in 1851 as a Chickasaw Nation garrison.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 16, 2023
La Harpe and the Nassonite Trading Post
De la Harpe and his men built a wooden trading post at the "abandoned village of the Nassonite chief."
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 16, 2023
Theft of the Red River Medicine Stone, a giant Meteorite
The Theft of the Red River Medicine Stone, a giant meteorite, may have deeply affected relations between nations in the Red River Valley.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 2, 2023
The Original Homeland of the Caddos
The original homelands of the Caddos consist of the Red River Valley from southeastern Oklahoma to Natchitoches, Louisiana.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 1, 2023
Fort Los Adaes in Robeline, Louisiana
Fort Los Adaes near Robeline, Louisiana was once the capital of Spanish Texas.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 31, 2023
Wreck in the Red River
A wreck in the Red River is an archeological site.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 31, 2023
Doaksville, Choctaw County, Oklahoma
Doaksville in Choctaw County, Oklahoma is now a ghost town but was once a very important place.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Mar 29, 2023
Dream a Little Street: History of Pavement on Early Dallas Roads
Let me bore you to sleep by telling you about the history of pavement on early Dallas roads!
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Robin Cole-Jett
Mar 21, 2023
Jim Turner lost: Sunk Red River Steam Boat at Albion
Jim Turner, a steam boat, sunk at Albion on the Red River in 1854.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 12, 2022
Walled in Denison: Stone Ruins off the old Jefferson Highway
Stone ruins near Denison, just a stone's throw from the Old Jefferson Highway, could be related to automobile travel or something else.
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