Fort Jesup on the Spanish Road in No Man's Land
Fort Jesup, erected in 1822 along the Camino de Real (Spanish Road) replaced Fort Claiborne of 1804.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 16, 2023
Bernard de la Harpe and the Unicorn on the Ouachita River
While at the Ouachita River, Bernard de la Harpe claimed to have eaten a unicorn.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 16, 2023
Theft of the Red River Medicine Stone, a giant Meteorite
The Theft of the Red River Medicine Stone, a giant meteorite, may have deeply affected relations between nations in the Red River Valley.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 10, 2023
Anglo Americans in Texas before Austin: Illegal Immigrants on Wavell's Grant and in Miller County
Wavell's Grant was the second empressario granted by Mexcio for Texas, but there were already illegal squatters.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 2, 2023
The Original Homeland of the Caddos
The original homelands of the Caddos consist of the Red River Valley from southeastern Oklahoma to Natchitoches, Louisiana.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 1, 2023
Natchitoches, le French and Creole City
The French and Creole City of Natchitoches is the oldest colonial city in the Louisiana Purchase.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 1, 2023
Fort Los Adaes in Robeline, Louisiana
Fort Los Adaes near Robeline, Louisiana was once the capital of Spanish Texas.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 1, 2023
Fort St. Jean Baptiste in Natchitoches
The village of Natchitoches welcomed Fort St. Jean Baptiste in the early 18th century.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 27, 2023
Gold at San Calixto near the Wichita Mountains, aka the Sierra Jumanos, of Oklahoma
San Calixto in the Wichita Mountains - the Sierra Jumanos - was probably the base for gold prospecting after it failed as a mission in 1629.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 21, 2023
Fort Sauvage, the Natchez Village after the Fort Rosalie Massacre
The Natchez settlement that was destroyed by French troops and Choctaw, Houma, and Tunica allies in the early 1730s.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 31, 2023
Colony Mission: Seeger Indian School in Washita County, Oklahoma
Colony, Washita County, Oklahoma was home to Seeger Indian Industrial School and the Dutch Reformed Church mission.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 31, 2023
De Mézières writing Smack about Natchitoches after Taovaya
After his 1772 visit to Taovaya at the Red River, Athanase De Mézières preferred the villages over Natchitoches.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Dec 1, 2022
The Chicken War
In 1936, the Chicken War of 1719 was inadvertently commemorated.
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Wilhelmina Heloise
Aug 1, 2022
Fur Trade in the Red River Valley
A description of the fur trade in Louisiana during the French colonial era.
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Robin Cole-Jett
May 15, 2022
Success by trial
The Coincoin-Prudhomme house along the Cane River in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana was documented by the Historic Buildings Survey in...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jul 6, 2021
Pedro Vial's map of his Great Spanish Road, Part II
Pedro Vial's map of the "Great Spanish Road" began in Natchitoches and passed by homes and ranches of traders/planters
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jul 6, 2021
The Great Spanish Road to the Red River, Part 1
One of the least studied but major trade arteries emanating from the Red River was the so-called "Great Spanish Road."
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 29, 2021
Humble historic home
Sometime in the 1990s, the federal program called Historic Buildings Survey (HABS) documented the Coincoin- Prudhomme home along the Cane...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 29, 2021
A nice long stroll through Chichi
One settlement along this path that interests me is at the western end of the road on this map - Chichi.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 28, 2021
Lost La Salle
The map by Jean Baptist Franquelin, printed in Paris (France) in 1684, is a facsimile of the original that has been lost. It now resides...
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