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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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
May 15
Eugene Woodruff: Victim of Yellow Fever at Shreveport
The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1873 claimed several victims in Shreveport, including Eugene Woodruff, who removed the Raft of the Red River.
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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
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 1, 2023
White Creek where Cooke, Denton and Wise Counties Meet
In 1868, a battle between native Plains warriors and American settlers took place at White Creek where Cooke, Denton and Wise counties meet.
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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 23, 2023
Sophia Suttenfield Aughinbaugh Coffee Butt Porter
Sophia Suttenfield Aughinbaugh Coffee Butt Porter was one of the more colorful characters to inhabit the Red River Valley.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 19, 2023
Sand Branch, or Simonds Precinct Cemetery, in Dallas County
The Simonds Precinct cemetery is known called to its families as "Sand Branch."
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 19, 2023
D-Day Death in Cooke County
Sgt. Roy Speake died early in the morning on D-Day, June 6, 1944 during the invasion of Normandy, and is now buried in Cooke County, Texas.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 19, 2023
Showman's Rest
Hugo's Mount Olivet Cemetery is home to Showman's Rest section, where circus folk go to get buried.
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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
Aug 29, 2023
The Drowned Town of Preston, aka Coffee's Trading Post
Preston was founded by Holland Coffee, and yes, that was his real name.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 14, 2023
Grave of Leon Hinds, Band of Brothers
Leon Hinds, Band of Brothers Grave
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Robin Cole-Jett
May 15, 2022
Cynthia Ann Parker's Long Journey
Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped and adopted into a Comanche family, who renamed her Narua (foundling) in 1836.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jul 6, 2021
Gerty Veteran
Every Veteran's Day - aka Armistice Day - I like to post about a Great War (WWI) veteran because these men hoped that this was the "war...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 28, 2021
Great War Soldier in a Segregated Cemetery in Bonham, Texas
Alvin Reeves, a Great War soldier, is buried in the segregated portion of Gates Hill Cemetery in Bonham, Texas.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 28, 2021
Lone Grave
Along a county road in Jackson County, Oklahoma, lies the lonesome grave of Joel Moseley, 1846-1890. Mr. Moseley was born in Georgia and,...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Feb 24, 2020
Willis, Marshall County, Oklahoma: An Erased Town
The Willis Cemetery sits just off US 377 north of Lake Texoma in Marshall County, Oklahoma.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Feb 17, 2020
A visit to Brushy Mound
A feature map of Cooke County, Texas, reveals the Brushy Mound community, also known as Brushy Mountain (Texas General Land Office). The...
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