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Apr 29, 2023

Shreve's Cut: The Mississippi, Red, and Atchafalaya Rivers at Red River Landing, Louisiana

Shreve's Cut of the Mississippi River led to engineering the Red and Atchafalaya Rivers, and the victim was Red River Landing.

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Steam Boat on a Gamble: The Waukesha of Fulton, Arkansas

Robin Cole-Jett

Mar 29, 2023

Steam Boat on a Gamble: The Waukesha of Fulton, Arkansas

let me bore you to sleep by telling you about the history of pavement on early Dallas roads!

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Jim Turner lost: Sunk Red River Steam Boat at Albion

Robin Cole-Jett

Mar 21, 2023

Jim Turner lost: Sunk Red River Steam Boat at Albion

Jim Turner, a steam boat, sunk at Albion on the Red River in 1854.

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Long Lost Lafayette (and Prairie), Arkansas

Robin Cole-Jett

Feb 19, 2023

Long Lost Lafayette (and Prairie), Arkansas

Lafayette and Lost Prairie in Arkansas were built by slave labor and washed away by the Red River.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Jan 31, 2023

Electra's The Globe, a Lost Building

The Globe Building in Electra, Texas is now lost.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Jan 31, 2023

Red River Station on the Cattle Trail

Red River Station in Montague County, Texas is a ghost of the cattle trail driving past.

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Colbert's Bridge, Hotel, and Ferry at the Red River

Robin Cole-Jett

Jan 31, 2023

Colbert's Bridge, Hotel, and Ferry at the Red River

Colbert's hotel stood above his ferry, which once was replaced by a bridge in 1875 that the Red River promptly washed away.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Jan 31, 2023

Old Shed Road in Bossier City

The purpose of "Shed Road" in Bossier City was to prevent rain from soaking the dirt trail below.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Jan 31, 2023

Garland in Bowie County, Texas

East of DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas and a few miles south of the Red River is the tiny community of Garland.

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Oily Place: Bradley's Corner in Wichita County, Texas

Robin Cole-Jett

Jan 31, 2023

Oily Place: Bradley's Corner in Wichita County, Texas

Bradley's Corner was a "collection of tents, shacks and oil field shops" in the Northwest Extension Field.

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Walled in Denison: Stone Ruins off the old Jefferson Highway

Robin Cole-Jett

Jan 12, 2022

Walled in Denison: Stone Ruins off the old Jefferson Highway

Stone ruins near Denison, just a stone's throw from the Old Jefferson Highway, could be related to automobile travel or something else.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Jul 11, 2021

Jefferson devolution

Jefferson, the county seat of Marion County, Texas, became an inland port after the first federal Red River raft (massive log jam)...

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Robin Cole-Jett

Jul 6, 2021

Honeycutt Flat

Due to work related activities, I've been nosing around Gainesville (Cooke County, Texas) lately. The city was founded as a settlement in...

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Robin Cole-Jett

Jun 29, 2021

Criminal architecture

Since 1880s at least, and most likely at least two decades prior, the corner of State/ East Fourth/ Sam Rayburn and North Chestnut...

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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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The Blevins Training School in Hempstead County, Arkansas

Robin Cole-Jett

Jun 29, 2021

The Blevins Training School in Hempstead County, Arkansas

The Blevins Training School was a high school during the era of segregation in Hempstead County, Arkansas.

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Old Arkansas Home: the Blevins Family Cabin in Hempstead County

Robin Cole-Jett

Jun 29, 2021

Old Arkansas Home: the Blevins Family Cabin in Hempstead County

In the 1820s, the Blevins family built a primitive, two story cabin without the use of nails in today's Hempstead County, Arkansas.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Jun 28, 2021

Lone Grave

Along a county road in Jackson County, Oklahoma, lies the lonesome grave of Joel Moseley, 1846-1890. Mr. Moseley was born in Georgia and,...

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Jail Bait: Finding Jail Cells in a Field at an Estate Sale in Denton County, Texas

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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Farmers Improvement College at Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas

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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