Denison, Railroad City
The MKT made Denison a very important railroad city after the Civil War.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 13, 2023
Old Boston Jail in New Boston, Texas
The old Boston Jail in New Boston, not to be confused with the original (Texas) Boston.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 5, 2023
Shreveport in the Green Book
Shreveport was prominently featured in Green Books
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Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 31, 2023
Good ol' Gotebo, Oklahoma
There was the once-large town of Gotebo, Oklahoma.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 31, 2023
Welcome to Roosevelt, Oklahoma!
Roosevelt has disproportionately more cars than it does humans, but the cars are what keep the humans in Roosevelt.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Apr 29, 2023
Dallas MKT Freight Depot
The former MKT freight depot behind the School Book Depository in downtown Dallas.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 31, 2023
Electra's The Globe, a Lost Building
The Globe Building in Electra, Texas is now lost.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 31, 2023
Promiscuous Peddling: Shreveport's Farmers Market
To prevent shifty salesmen, the city of Shreveport erected an orderly Farmers Market.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 5, 2022
Denison Labor Strike of 1922... that couldn't be
On July 1, 1922, the national Union of Railroad Shopmen called for a country-wide strike, and Denison's MKT labor was about to participate.
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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
Jul 26, 2021
Mansura mapping
I have never seen Mansura, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, well-represented on any map prior to satellite data. But we can figure out why...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Mar 12, 2019
Fancy digs, once
The Grand Central Hotel (first class, no less!) in Terral, Jefferson County, Oklahoma was an imposing building at the turn of the century...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 18, 2018
Stage Coach Times
Adverts in old newspapers help to provide context to history, such as how much the Red River Valley was interconnected long before our...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Apr 20, 2018
Dallas founding document
I was snooping around the online archives of the Texas General Land Office and found this document. It’s for John Neely Bryan, the...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Feb 7, 2018
Grayson County Rails but not Denison (Denison deserves a separate post).
Check out some Grayson County Rails!
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 13, 2016
Hobby for nosy people
I took up a new hobby last year – estate sale shopping. Like my “hobby” of ghost town collecting, this new pastime does not require...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 8, 2015
Town Beautiful: An Urban Planning Nerd's Plea
I'm an Urban Planning Nerd with a plea to make your town, and my town, more beautiful.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 19, 2014
Ruins Tell Stories
Lots of the pictures I post on my website, www.redriverhistorian.com, tend to be of ruins – disused buildings and such – and sometimes,...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Apr 16, 2013
We Built This City… Well, Not Really
Two interests tend to consume my mind. One is history, of course. The other, oddly, is urban planning. I’m by no means an expert on this...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Mar 16, 2013
Mapping the Red River Valley
Google Maps have been my constant companion since they were introduced back in the stone ages (okay, a few years ago). I can’t believe I...
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