In maps of the United States/Texas/North America between 1820 and 1825, I noticed a place along the Red River in former Miller County, Arkansas Territory called "Williams Settlement." I began a search that took me into the aftermath of a major earthquake.

Until the 1830s, the Disputed Territory along the Red River, where Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana meet, was a "no man's land."

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

A Peace Treaty that wasn't supposed to be peaceful was signed by the tribes southern Indian Territory at Camp Napoleon in May 1865.

Several years ago, I took a road trip and found myself at Indian City, USA. I'm glad I did, because Indian City, USA is no more.

Ultimately, what has been destroyed in Sulphur, Oklahoma has been resurrected

The Killgore Mansion is tied to the Cloud Stark Mansion of Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas... and it's not just based on the time period.

This photograph depicts "part of Satanta's Kiowa Band at Sutler's Store, Fort Sill, Indian Territory" by either Soule or Bliss.

This 1824 German map of Arkansas Territory is a lot more illuminating than many others from the same period I've encountered.

Muriel Wright and Chester Howe explained different versions of how the state of Oklahoma achieved its name.

From 1893 to 1920, Rainy Mountain Indian School "Americanized" children from the Kiowa and Apache tribes, and now lies as an unmarked ruin.

The Cossatot River derives from a French word meaning"crushed head," and in 1833, it was to be spanned by a toll bridge.

The only available photographic documentation of an execution carried out by the Choctaw Nation's Lighthorsemen.

Bianca Babb was seven years old when she was abducted by Comanches after her mother was killed in a raid.

The Pawnee/ Wichita village that George Catlin sketched was abandoned by the 1860s.

Calera (Bryan County, Choctaw Nation, Oklahoma) began life as Cale Switch in 1872.

The life of Polly Ann Colbert, a Chickasaw Free Woman, is a history lesson of Indian Territory.

The re-taking of forts in Indian Territory was one minor focus of Grant's Vicksburg campaign in the Civil War.

Comanches received rations of food as well as monies to offset the loss of territory at Fort Supply.

Fort Sill represents the Old West and flourishes as the last remaining, active military post that was built during the Indian wars.