The Fort Bird Treaty of 1842
After the Battle of Village Creek, the Republic of Texas signed the Fort Bird Treaty of 1842.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 14
Satanta at Fort Sill, maybe
This photograph depicts "part of Satanta's Kiowa Band at Sutler's Store, Fort Sill, Indian Territory" by either Soule or Bliss.
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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
Sep 18, 2023
Comanche Rations at Fort Supply
Comanches received rations of food as well as monies to offset the loss of territory at Fort Supply.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 17, 2023
Fort Sill, Still Active
Fort Sill represents the Old West and flourishes as the last remaining, active military post that was built during the Indian wars.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 17, 2023
Fort Richardson, the Red River War Fort
More than any other fort at or near the Red River Valley, Fort Richardson embodies American Indian reservation policy.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 17, 2023
Fort Griffin, "Civilized"
Fort Griffin marked the boundary line ("the frontier") between Native American lands and white settlement ("civilization").
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 17, 2023
Waterless and Bisonless Fort Phantom Hill
Fort Phantom Hill centered a small town of the same name in the 1880s, where the main source of income derived from buffalo slaughter.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 17, 2023
Very Busy Fort Belknap
Fort Belknap became an important trading hub for Anglo settlement into the Comanceria.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 17, 2023
Fort Washita
Fort Washita's main purpose was to protect Chickasaw and Choctaw settlers from the Plains Indians and Anglo "land smugglers."
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 17, 2023
Fort Arbuckle in the Mountains
Fort Arbuckle was founded by Randolph B. Marcy in 1851 as a Chickasaw Nation garrison.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 17, 2023
Marcy's Expedition to document the the Red River
Randolph B. Marcy, who knew Texas and Indian Territory well, was tasked to lead an expedition to document the Red River in 1852.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 16, 2023
Fort Claiborne, Unwanted
The conflict between the American new-comers and the "old inhabitants" could be seen with the establishment of Fort Claiborne.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 16, 2023
Fort Jesup on the Spanish Road in No Man's Land
Fort Jesup, erected in 1822 along the Camino de Real (Spanish Road) replaced Fort Claiborne of 1804.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 1, 2023
Fort St. Jean Baptiste in Natchitoches
The village of Natchitoches welcomed Fort St. Jean Baptiste in the early 18th century.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 21, 2023
Fort Sauvage, the Natchez Village after the Fort Rosalie Massacre
The Natchez settlement that was destroyed by French troops and Choctaw, Houma, and Tunica allies in the early 1730s.
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Robin Cole-Jett
May 15, 2022
Going the distance
The published account of the 28th Congressional Session in 1843 included a number of maps and drawings. These visuals helped to...
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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
Map for mathematicians
Map fro the 28th Congressional Session, 1848, of distances between federal outposts in the American Southwest (LOC). The published...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jul 6, 2021
Disappearing Fort Griffin!
Founded in 1867, Fort Griffin (Shackleford County, Texas) is now a state historic site.
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