The Fort Bird Treaty of 1842
After the Battle of Village Creek, the Republic of Texas signed the Fort Bird Treaty of 1842.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 25
The Camp Napoleon Treaty
A Peace Treaty that wasn't supposed to be peaceful was signed by the tribes southern Indian Territory at Camp Napoleon in May 1865.
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Robin Cole-Jett
May 11
A Tragedy among the French, the Chickasaws and the Choctaws
A Hamlet-Style Transaction between Tishomingo of the Chickasaws and the Choctaws, as related by a French writer in 1749.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 2, 2023
Maps of the Rapids at Alexandria in the Civil War
Two maps of the rapids at Alexandria during the Civil War reside in the Library of Congress.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 26, 2023
End of the Bison: Deliberate Slaughter to Destroy the Plains
The U.S. Army was instrumental in the slaughter of bison to destroy the Plains tribes.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 22, 2023
Western Louisiana in the Civil War
When the capitol of Louisiana faced Union Control and Reconstruction during the Civil War, western Louisiana descended into lawlessness.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 22, 2023
Indian Territory in the Civil War
The re-taking of forts in Indian Territory was one minor focus of Grant's Vicksburg campaign in the Civil War.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 22, 2023
Southwestern Arkansas in the Civil War
The people in Southwestern Arkansas before the Civil War were much more populist and had a strong free-soil expansionist base.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 22, 2023
Sang pour Sang
The bones of the Natchez warriorss could be seen there years afterwards at Lake Sang pour Sang — "Blood for Blood."
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 22, 2023
The Great Hanging of Gainesville in the Newspapers
Newspaper articles report on the same event: the Great Hanging in Gainesville, as well as other murders that took place in North Texas
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 22, 2023
North Texas in the Civil War
While its neighbors suffered in stopping the Union armies from entering, North Texas itself left the Civil War relatively unscathed.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 19, 2023
D-Day Death in Cooke County
Sgt. Roy Speake died early in the morning on D-Day, June 6, 1944 during the invasion of Normandy, and is now buried in Cooke County, Texas.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 14, 2023
Grave of Leon Hinds, Band of Brothers
Leon Hinds, Band of Brothers Grave
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 31, 2023
Camp Howze at Gainesville, Texas
The purpose of Camp Howze in Gainesville, Texas was to train infantry for activation during World War II.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 31, 2023
Rare Southwestern Arkansas Civil War Map
A rare, hand-drawn map of southwestern Arkansas during the Civil War.
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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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Robin Cole-Jett
Jul 6, 2021
Gerty Veteran
Every Veteran's Day - aka Armistice Day - I like to post about a Great War (WWI) veteran because these men hoped that this was the "war...
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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
Mar 25, 2018
Union Relics from the Red River Campaign at Bailey's Dam, Alexandria, Louisiana
Nathan Banks, Union general, left a relic of the Red River Campaign at Bailey's Dam in Alexandria, Louisiana.
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