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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 28, 2021
Depredations
In the 1890s, these unnamed men from Montague County, Texas posed for a photograph after filing claims against the U.S. government for...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jul 21, 2020
Mexican Texas or Texan Mexico
Around 1821, Spanish Texas became Mexican Texas.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 9, 2020
False raid
This wire sent from Denison in April of 1873 reported an Indian raid that never happened. This article was cited widely in multiple...
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Robin Cole-Jett
May 10, 2020
Camp Augur No Longer
Camp Augur in today’s Tillman County, Oklahoma was founded in 1871 to protect the tribes impacted by the Medicine Lodge Treaty of 1867.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Apr 1, 2020
Jail Bait: Finding Jail Cells in a Field at an Estate Sale in Denton County, Texas
I freakin' found the cells of Denton County's old jail in a Texas field full of brambles!
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Robin Cole-Jett
Mar 9, 2020
Farmers Improvement College at Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas
The Farmers Improvement College near Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas was designed for agricultural and domestic training.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Feb 17, 2020
A visit to Brushy Mound
A feature map of Cooke County, Texas, reveals the Brushy Mound community, also known as Brushy Mountain (Texas General Land Office). The...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Dec 2, 2019
Warren Trading Post in Fannin County, Texas
Warren was once the seat of Fannin County, Texas
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Robin Cole-Jett
Feb 17, 2019
An international boundary in the middle of nowhere
Just north of Logansport, Louisiana, along FM 31 in Panola County, Texas and CR 765 in De Soto Parish , sits one of the more interesting...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 27, 2019
Where crime did not pay in Henrietta
Drove to Henrietta, Clay County, Texas the other day to take some photos and came across this utilitarian, brick structure behind an...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Nov 4, 2018
Slices of Sibley
Sibley (1757-1837) is buried in the American Cemetery in Natchitoches, Louisiana. John Sibley was the first Indian Agent in the Louisiana...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 18, 2018
Stage Coach Times
Adverts in old newspapers help to provide context to history, such as how much the Red River Valley was interconnected long before our...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 23, 2018
Transcontinental mapping
The northern portion of John Pope’s 1854 map to survey a possible transcontinental route through Texas marks the Cross Timbers between...
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Robin Cole-Jett
May 30, 2018
Abilene Cattle Trail, or was it the Chisholm Trail?
The Chisholm Trail was known as the Abilene Cattle Trail on maps, but what about those who used the trail?
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Robin Cole-Jett
May 19, 2018
Detroit, Texas: Cactus Jack’s Home Town
Detroit, Texas was home to Cactus Jack aka John Nance Garner, Vice President to Franklin Roosevelt form 1933 to 1941.
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Robin Cole-Jett
May 1, 2018
Ay Chihuahua Trail!
The Chihuahua Trail was a short-lived road blazed by merchants from Mexico and the U.S.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Apr 15, 2018
Beautiful Buffalo Springs
I visited Buffalo Springs in Clay County (TX), a little ghost town named after a nearby buffalo watering site. Founded around 1864,...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Feb 19, 2018
End of the Red River War: Comanche Women at Mow-wi Camp in Palo Duro Canyon
Comanche women in Mow-wi camp at Palo Duro Canyon during the Red River War.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Feb 14, 2018
Tombstone History
Tombstones, especially military ones, are great ways to trace histrory. And the history from the tombstone needn’t be a family member,...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Feb 7, 2018
Grayson County Rails but not Denison (Denison deserves a separate post).
Check out some Grayson County Rails!
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