There was always a mystery to me surrounding a name of a street in Eagletown, Oklahoma – Mad Man Road.

I was nosing around the digital collections listed at by the Louisiana State University (Shreveport) libraries and found the Parker map.

The Grand Central Hotel (first class, no less!) in Terral, Jefferson County, Oklahoma was an imposing building at the turn of the century...

Paddle wheeler “Amy Hewes” on the Red River (no date), but most likely this picture was taken in the 1940s. The “Amy Hewes” was built in...

Drove to Henrietta, Clay County, Texas the other day to take some photos and came across this utilitarian, brick structure behind an...

The northern portion of John Pope’s 1854 map to survey a possible transcontinental route through Texas marks the Cross Timbers between...

The Chisholm Trail was known as the Abilene Cattle Trail on maps, but what about those who used the trail?

I was snooping around the online archives of the Texas General Land Office and found this document. It’s for John Neely Bryan, the...

Tombstones, especially military ones, are great ways to trace histrory. And the history from the tombstone needn’t be a family member,...

Check out some Grayson County Rails!

In the 1890s, these unnamed men from Montague County, Texas posed for a photograph after filing claims against the U.S. government for...

Boggy Depot Plan numbers Depot Muriel Wright 1927 1. Gov. Allen Wright’s residence. 2. John. Kingsbury residence. 3. House built by Mr....

Google Maps have been my constant companion since they were introduced back in the stone ages (okay, a few years ago). I can’t believe I...