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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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