The Dixie Overland / Bankhead Highway, aka US 80
US 80, formerly known as the Dixie Overland Highway, merges with the Bankhead Highway and is the mother road of the Red River Valley.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 13, 2023
Steam Boat Ticket to White Oak Shoals
A ticket reserved passage on the steam boat Relief, which paddled down the river from White Oak Shoals (Arkansas) to Natchitoches.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 13, 2023
The Shawnees in the Red River Valley of Texas and Oklahoma
The Shawnees were originally from the Ohio River, not the Red River.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 13, 2023
Racialist Deflection: Violence in the Red River Valley
The Red River Valley witnessed racialist violence, based on whites deflecting, throughout the first half of the 20th century.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 11, 2023
The Great Raft of the Red River
The Great Raft of the Red River: A Massive Log Jam with its own Eco System
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 8, 2023
The Red River Valley in Arkansas: Gateway to the Southwest
The Red River Valley in Arkansas is at the Great Bend Region.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 8, 2023
The Osages in the Red River Valley
The Osage Nation claims to have held territory from the Ohio to the Red River Valley of the South.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 8, 2023
The Comanche Empire
The Comancheria — the Comanche Empire — became a formidable force for both the Europeans and Anglo American colonizers.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 8, 2023
The Paris Lynching of Henry Smith
The public lynching of Henry Smith in Paris, Texas in 1893 was detailed in a commemorative book by his murderers.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 6, 2023
Cullen Baker, Reconstruction-Era Mass Murderer in the Red River Valley
Psychopath Cullen Baker's despicable Reconstruction-era crimes in the Red River Valley make him a mass-murderer.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 6, 2023
Some Freedmen's Bureau Records from the Red River Valley
Records by the Freedmen's Bureau from the Red River Valley describe horrors.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 5, 2023
Red River Original Tribes
Four major tribes — the Red River Originals — inhabited the Red River Valley of the Southwest before and during European invasion.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 5, 2023
The Rock Bluff Ferry (Ferries!) of Love County, Oklahoma
The Rock Bluff Ferry of Love County, Oklahoma: a Tale of Three Ferries!
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 3, 2023
Brown Springs in Love County, Oklahoma
Brown's Spring in Love County, Oklahoma is a natural spring about 200 yards from the Red River.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 1, 2023
The Butterfield Overland Mail Route and Stagecoach
The Butterfield Overland Mail Route was the first transcontinental road in the United States.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 31, 2023
Carpenter's Bluff Bridge
Before it ferried cars across, Carpenter's Bluff bridge served as a train crossing.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 31, 2023
Wreck in the Red River
A wreck in the Red River is an archeological site.
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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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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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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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