Arkansas

Nov 3

No Man's Land, AKA the Disputed Territory

Until the 1830s, the Disputed Territory along the Red River, where Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana meet, was a "no man's land."

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Robin Cole-Jett

Oct 30

The Sulphur Fork Factory

From 1817 to 1822, the "Sulphur Fork Factory" stood at the confluence of the Sulphur into the Red River in today's Miller County, Arkansas.

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Spirit Lake in Lafayette County, Arkansas

Robin Cole-Jett

Jul 7

Spirit Lake in Lafayette County, Arkansas

One of the "most noted fishing places" in the Red River Valley has historically been Spirit Lake in Lafayette County, Arkansas.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Jun 2

The Old Washington Tavern

Built about 1830, the Washington Tavern served as a stage coach station as well as the nearest American boarding house to Mexican Texas.

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Mound City of the Caddo in southwest Arkansas

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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The Caddo City of the Dead at Ozan Creek, Washington, Hempstead County, Arkansas

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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The City of the Dead in Ozan, Hempstead County, Arkansas

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

Dec 21, 2023

German Map of Arkansas, 1824

This 1824 German map of Arkansas Territory is a lot more illuminating than many others from the same period I've encountered.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Oct 24, 2023

The Cossatot River

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

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The Central National Road, from Texas to Arkansas

Robin Cole-Jett

Oct 24, 2023

The Central National Road, from Texas to Arkansas

The Central National Road connected Dallas, Texas to Washington, Arkansas.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Oct 17, 2023

The Fulton Ferry

What may be the final photo of the ferry at Fulton, Hempstead County, Arkansas which crossed the Red River just below the Great Bend.

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Fort Lynn, a Southwest Arkansas Lumber Town

Robin Cole-Jett

Oct 12, 2023

Fort Lynn, a Southwest Arkansas Lumber Town

Fort Lynn was a lumber town in southwest Arkansas surrounded by several logging camps.

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Salt Nation: Caddo Industry in Southwestern Arkansas

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 22, 2023

Southwestern Arkansas in the Civil War

The people in Southwestern Arkansas before the Civil War were much more populist and had a strong free-soil expansionist base.

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Spring Bank, the last Ferry on the Red River

Robin Cole-Jett

Sep 16, 2023

Spring Bank, the last Ferry on the Red River

The Spring Bank ferry over the Red River was unique, as the Blanton family operated it for over a hundred years, from 1836 until 1957.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Sep 16, 2023

Bridge Destruction(s) at Garland City

Garland City petitioned for a bridge over the Red River, but someone (still a mystery!) exploded it in 1930.

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Bernard de la Harpe and the Unicorn on the Ouachita River

Robin Cole-Jett

Sep 16, 2023

Bernard de la Harpe and the Unicorn on the Ouachita River

While at the Ouachita River, Bernard de la Harpe claimed to have eaten a unicorn.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Sep 13, 2023

Steam Boat Ticket to White Oak Shoals

A ticket reserved passage on the steam boat Relief, which paddled down the river from White Oak Shoals (Arkansas) to Natchitoches.

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Racialist Deflection: Violence in the Red River Valley

Robin Cole-Jett

Sep 13, 2023

Racialist Deflection: Violence in the Red River Valley

The Red River Valley witnessed racialist violence, based on whites deflecting, throughout the first half of the 20th century.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Sep 13, 2023

The Kiowas of the Oklahoma Plains

The Kiowas of the Oklahoma Plains created a unique horse and buffalo hunting culture.

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