Works Progress Administration

Aug 6

Dugout Memories in Harmon County, Oklahoma Territory

S.A. Bolton explained living in a dugout in Harmon County, Oklahoma Territory to a WPA worker during the Great Depression.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Jun 2

The Old Washington Tavern

Built about 1830, the Washington Tavern served as a stage coach station as well as the nearest American boarding house to Mexican Texas.

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All that was lost under Lake Texoma, Part II: Basin Springs, Steedman, Hagerman, and Cedar Mills

Robin Cole-Jett

Dec 31, 2023

All that was lost under Lake Texoma, Part II: Basin Springs, Steedman, Hagerman, and Cedar Mills

Basin Springs, Steedman aka Hagerman, and Cedar Mills and were drowned by Lake Texoma.

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Twelve Mile Bayou, aka the Jefferson to Shreveport Waterway

Robin Cole-Jett

Oct 14, 2023

Twelve Mile Bayou, aka the Jefferson to Shreveport Waterway

I was pleasantly surprised to recognize that the Jefferson to Shreveport Waterway still exists as Twelve Mile Bayou.

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Marion Post, Photographer of Cane River Creoles

Robin Cole-Jett

Sep 28, 2023

Marion Post, Photographer of Cane River Creoles

Marion Post (later, Marion Post Wolcott) was the first photographer to document the Cane River Creole culture of Louisiana.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Sep 23, 2023

Polly Ann Colbert, Chickasaw Free Woman

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

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Hiking the Chickasaw National Park, Oklahoma

Robin Cole-Jett

Aug 22, 2023

Hiking the Chickasaw National Park, Oklahoma

A "National Recreation Area" that was once named after a senator from Connecticut.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Aug 22, 2023

The Dust Bowl in the Red River Valley

The western valley especially testified to this internal refugee crisis.

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Old House in Old Natchitoches as photographed by Marion Wolcott

Robin Cole-Jett

Jul 20, 2023

Old House in Old Natchitoches as photographed by Marion Wolcott

n 1940, photographer Marion Wolcott of the Works Progress Administration visited Natchitoches, Louisiana along the Cane River.

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Resettlement Administration in the Red River Valley

Robin Cole-Jett

Jun 14, 2023

Resettlement Administration in the Red River Valley

The Resettlement Administration was defunded when sharecroppers tenant farms were added to the program.

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Promiscuous Peddling: Shreveport's Farmers Market

Robin Cole-Jett

Jan 31, 2023

Promiscuous Peddling: Shreveport's Farmers Market

To prevent shifty salesmen, the city of Shreveport erected an orderly Farmers Market.

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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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Great War Soldier in a Segregated Cemetery in Bonham, Texas

Robin Cole-Jett

Jun 28, 2021

Great War Soldier in a Segregated Cemetery in Bonham, Texas

Alvin Reeves, a Great War soldier, is buried in the segregated portion of Gates Hill Cemetery in Bonham, Texas.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Oct 15, 2019

Recipes and Memories

Lucinda Davis, a person enslaved by the Creeks and a resident of former Indian Territory, was interviewed and photographed by the Federal...

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Robin Cole-Jett

Jun 16, 2019

The Roosevelt Douglass Separate School

The Douglass Separate School in Roosevelt, Oklahoma.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Jun 3, 2019

Works in progress

There is nothing nicer than finding that a WPA built stadium is still in use, like the sturdy, stone arena in Hugo, Choctaw County,...

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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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