The Camp Napoleon Treaty
A Peace Treaty that wasn't supposed to be peaceful was signed by the tribes southern Indian Territory at Camp Napoleon in May 1865.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 2, 2023
Maps of the Rapids at Alexandria in the Civil War
Two maps of the rapids at Alexandria during the Civil War reside in the Library of Congress.
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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 22, 2023
Western Louisiana in the Civil War
When the capitol of Louisiana faced Union Control and Reconstruction during the Civil War, western Louisiana descended into lawlessness.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 22, 2023
Indian Territory in the Civil War
The re-taking of forts in Indian Territory was one minor focus of Grant's Vicksburg campaign in the Civil War.
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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 22, 2023
The Great Hanging of Gainesville in the Newspapers
Newspaper articles report on the same event: the Great Hanging in Gainesville, as well as other murders that took place in North Texas
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 22, 2023
North Texas in the Civil War
While its neighbors suffered in stopping the Union armies from entering, North Texas itself left the Civil War relatively unscathed.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 13, 2023
The Colfax Massacre
The Colfax Massacre along the Red River was the most violent episode in Reconstruction Louisiana.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 15, 2023
Union Strategy in Indian Territory, Annotated
Annotated editorial from the Chicago Tribune to provide some context about slavery in the Choctaw Nation.
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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
Sep 23, 2018
Transcontinental mapping
The northern portion of John Pope’s 1854 map to survey a possible transcontinental route through Texas marks the Cross Timbers between...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jul 12, 2018
Fort Towson Remains
Fort Towson in today’s Choctaw County, was established in 1824.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Apr 25, 2018
Your mom may have gone to this college, Napoleon.
From 1841 to 1868, McKenzie Institute (also called McKenzie College) was the pride of Clarksville, Red River County, Texas. Until the end...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Mar 25, 2018
Union Relics from the Red River Campaign at Bailey's Dam, Alexandria, Louisiana
Nathan Banks, Union general, left a relic of the Red River Campaign at Bailey's Dam in Alexandria, Louisiana.
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