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Thousand-Word Photograph: Texans Squatting in Indian Territory

Robin Cole-Jett

Jul 9, 2023

Thousand-Word Photograph: Texans Squatting in Indian Territory

The Chickasaws witnessed a land and genealogical invasion by Texans in the early 20th century.

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A Fair View of Fairview School in Greer County, Oklahoma

Robin Cole-Jett

Jun 14, 2023

A Fair View of Fairview School in Greer County, Oklahoma

I became good friends with some curious cows as I visited the remains of the former Fairview School, Greer County, Oklahoma.

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Jim Turner lost: Sunk Red River Steam Boat at Albion

Robin Cole-Jett

Mar 21, 2023

Jim Turner lost: Sunk Red River Steam Boat at Albion

Jim Turner, a steam boat, sunk at Albion on the Red River in 1854.

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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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Colony Mission: Seeger Indian School in Washita County, Oklahoma

Robin Cole-Jett

Jan 31, 2023

Colony Mission: Seeger Indian School in Washita County, Oklahoma

Colony, Washita County, Oklahoma was home to Seeger Indian Industrial School and the Dutch Reformed Church mission.

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Colbert's Bridge, Hotel, and Ferry at the Red River

Robin Cole-Jett

Jan 31, 2023

Colbert's Bridge, Hotel, and Ferry at the Red River

Colbert's hotel stood above his ferry, which once was replaced by a bridge in 1875 that the Red River promptly washed away.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Jan 31, 2023

Bad Bill Dalton, dead in Ardmore

Bill Dalton of the infamous "Dalton Gang" was born in Missouri in 1865 and died near Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma in 1894.

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Trails blazed by Randolph B. Marcy and Black Beaver in the Red River Valley

Robin Cole-Jett

Sep 5, 2022

Trails blazed by Randolph B. Marcy and Black Beaver in the Red River Valley

Randolph B. Marcy and Black Beaver built trails all along the Red River Valley.

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Massacre and a Trail of Tears on the Van Dorn Trail

Robin Cole-Jett

Jul 21, 2022

Massacre and a Trail of Tears on the Van Dorn Trail

The Van Dorn Trail led to a massacre and subsequently became a Trail of Tears for the Plains Indians.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Jul 21, 2022

Lost Ark

Little Ark once sat along Hickory Creek in Love County, Oklahoma (1902, USGS) I decided to nose around my favorite maps and find places...

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Robin Cole-Jett

May 15, 2022

Cynthia Ann Parker's Long Journey

Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped and adopted into a Comanche family, who renamed her Narua (foundling) in 1836.

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Eagletown, Originally a Station on the Choctaw Trail of Tears

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

Aug 2, 2021

Ghostly Waters

Like Sulphur 40 miles to the west, Bromide (Johnston County, Oklahoma) was a spa town at the turn of the 20th century. Nestled inside...

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Robin Cole-Jett

Jul 11, 2021

Kiowa Calendar

The Oklahoma Historical Society has an unbelievable amount of photographs that only occasionally see the light of day. Their photos,...

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Robin Cole-Jett

Jul 6, 2021

Whole 'nother county

Texas likes that it's big, and between 1860 and 1894, it was actually a million and a half acres larger than it is today. That's because...

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Robin Cole-Jett

Jul 6, 2021

George Conrad, Buffalo Soldier

In 1937, George Conrad, a former Buffalo Soldier, was interviewed by the WPA's Federal Writer's Project.

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All that was lost under Lake Texoma: Woodville, Aylesworth, Achaeology, and more

Robin Cole-Jett

Jun 29, 2021

All that was lost under Lake Texoma: Woodville, Aylesworth, Achaeology, and more

Lake Texoma left archaeology and the towns of Aylesworth and Woodville, among others, beneath its waters.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Jun 29, 2021

Battlin' Catlin

In 1834, George Catlin accompanied the first dragoon expedition, helmed by Generals Henry Dodge and Henry Leavenworth, from Kansas into...

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Murder Mystery: Tuck's Ferry in Love County, Oklahoma

Robin Cole-Jett

Jun 29, 2021

Murder Mystery: Tuck's Ferry in Love County, Oklahoma

The demise of Tuck's Ferry in Love County, Oklahoma was the outcome of the ferry operator's murder.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Jun 29, 2021

Tatums Oil Boom

Tatums, Carter County, Oklahoma, experienced an oil boom as the home to the first African-American owned oil operation.

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