Anglo Americans in Texas before Austin: Illegal Immigrants on Wavell's Grant and in Miller County
Wavell's Grant was the second empressario granted by Mexcio for Texas, but there were already illegal squatters.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 8, 2023
The Red River Valley in Arkansas: Gateway to the Southwest
The Red River Valley in Arkansas is at the Great Bend Region.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 6, 2023
Some Freedmen's Bureau Records from the Red River Valley
Records by the Freedmen's Bureau from the Red River Valley describe horrors.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 4, 2023
End of the Trail: The Trail of Tears for the Choctaws
The Trail of Tears for the Choctaws ended at a little place called Ultima Thule, and the beginning of their new home was Eagletown.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 28, 2023
Old Washington, Hempstead County, Arkansas
The old town of Washington, Arkansas was once the biggest town in the Southwest.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 27, 2023
Fulton in Hempstead County, Arkansas: An Original River Town
Fulton grew up along the Great Bend of the Red River but is no longer growing.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 6, 2023
The Index Bridge - A Good Roads Project
The Index Bridge over the Red River between Texas and Arkansas was once a beautiful structure.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jul 14, 2023
Sale and Murphy Canal along the Red River
The Sale and Murphy Canal along the Red River once linked Louisiana and Arkansas around the upper portions of the Great Raft.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 14, 2023
Smack-talking Marcy about the Red River Valley
Randolph B. Marcy was not impressed by the people who lived in the Red River Valley.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Mar 29, 2023
Steam Boat on a Gamble: The Waukesha of Fulton, Arkansas
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
Feb 19, 2023
Long Lost Lafayette (and Prairie), Arkansas
Lafayette and Lost Prairie in Arkansas were built by slave labor and washed away by the Red River.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 31, 2023
Rare Southwestern Arkansas Civil War Map
A rare, hand-drawn map of southwestern Arkansas during the Civil War.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 2, 2021
Eagletown, Originally a Station on the Choctaw Trail of Tears
Eagletown was settled within a decade of the Louisiana Purchase and was originally a station on the Choctaw Trail of Tears.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 29, 2021
The Blevins Training School in Hempstead County, Arkansas
The Blevins Training School was a high school during the era of segregation in Hempstead County, Arkansas.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 29, 2021
Old Arkansas Home: the Blevins Family Cabin in Hempstead County
In the 1820s, the Blevins family built a primitive, two story cabin without the use of nails in today's Hempstead County, Arkansas.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 28, 2021
Trace of Trammel
In 1838, when the United States and the Republic of Texas surveyed the boundary between the countries along the Index Line (today's...
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Robin Cole-Jett
May 1, 2018
Ay Chihuahua Trail!
The Chihuahua Trail was a short-lived road blazed by merchants from Mexico and the U.S.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Feb 5, 2018
The Southwest Trail of Arkansas
One of the oldest roads in the Red River Valley is the Southwest Trail in Arkansas.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 8, 2015
An historic Death
In the US, death of history is frequent. I’m not talking about historical events today, even though they have their own share of death...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 2, 2014
An Arkansas Traveler
The old story of the “Arkansas Traveler” tells of a person coming through the backwoods of Arkansas and happening upon a house. The...
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