Ghost Towns

Forgotten Hickory at Hickory Creek in Denton County

Robin Cole-Jett

Dec 9

Forgotten Hickory at Hickory Creek in Denton County

Hickory Creek in Denton County, Texas may be named for Hickory, a much older settlement that history has forgotten.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Sep 5

The Ghost of Burneyville's Hotel

Burneyville's hotel was once a real beauty, but nothing remains of it.

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Pancanula or Pauchunla or Paucaunla or Pa...whatever in old Panola County, Chickasaw Nation

Robin Cole-Jett

Sep 2

Pancanula or Pauchunla or Paucaunla or Pa...whatever in old Panola County, Chickasaw Nation

In May 1899. a letter in a Denison newspaper appeared about a "new, thriving, up-to-date town" named Pancanula, Chickasaw Nation.

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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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All that was lost under Lake Texoma, Part II: Basin Springs, Steedman, Hagerman, and Cedar Mills

Robin Cole-Jett

Dec 31, 2023

All that was lost under Lake Texoma, Part II: Basin Springs, Steedman, Hagerman, and Cedar Mills

Basin Springs, Steedman aka Hagerman, and Cedar Mills and were drowned by Lake Texoma.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Oct 23, 2023

Long gone Medicine Mound, Texas

Medicine Mound is southwest of Chillicothe in Hardeman County, Texas along what was once the Kansas, Mexico & Orient Railway.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Oct 17, 2023

The Fulton Ferry

What may be the final photo of the ferry at Fulton, Hempstead County, Arkansas which crossed the Red River just below the Great Bend.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Aug 31, 2023

Boggy Depot

By the late 1830s, Boggy Depot centered the Choctaw/ Chickasaw Nation.

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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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Tatums, Carter County, Oklahoma: Oil Boom and Rosenwald School

Robin Cole-Jett

Aug 31, 2023

Tatums, Carter County, Oklahoma: Oil Boom and Rosenwald School

Tatums in Carter County, Oklahoma was an all-black town that enjoyed a brief oil boom.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Aug 31, 2023

Doaksville, Choctaw County, Oklahoma

Doaksville in Choctaw County, Oklahoma is now a ghost town but was once a very important place.

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Spanish Fort in Montague County, Texas: Not Spanish and not a Fort

Robin Cole-Jett

Aug 30, 2023

Spanish Fort in Montague County, Texas: Not Spanish and not a Fort

Spanish Fort in Montague County, Texas was originally a Taovayan village that spanned the Red River.

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The Drowned Town of Preston, aka Coffee's Trading Post

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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Fulton in Hempstead County, Arkansas: An Original River Town

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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Shreve's Cut: The Mississippi, Red, and Atchafalaya Rivers at Red River Landing, Louisiana

Robin Cole-Jett

Apr 29, 2023

Shreve's Cut: The Mississippi, Red, and Atchafalaya Rivers at Red River Landing, Louisiana

Shreve's Cut of the Mississippi River led to engineering the Red and Atchafalaya Rivers, and the victim was Red River Landing.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Jan 31, 2023

Ward the Ville: Wardville, Oklahoma

Wardville, Oklahoma is a ghost town but don't call it that.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Jan 31, 2023

Red River Station on the Cattle Trail

Red River Station in Montague County, Texas is a ghost of the cattle trail driving past.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Aug 2, 2021

Doan's Crossing at Doan's Store

If you counted yourself among the fashionable pioneer set, a MUST-DO was to cross into Indian Territory by way of the Doan's Store.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Aug 2, 2021

Milling around Eliasville

One of the easiest ways to spot a ghost town is to follow abandoned railroad lines. When the companies were building their right-of-ways...

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