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Long gone Medicine Mound, Texas
Medicine Mound is southwest of Chillicothe in Hardeman County, Texas along what was once the Kansas, Mexico & Orient Railway.
Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 23, 2023
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Photograph of an Execution in the Choctaw Nation
The only available photographic documentation of an execution carried out by the Choctaw Nation's Lighthorsemen.
Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 15, 2023
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Bianca Babb, abducted by Comanches
Bianca Babb was seven years old when she was abducted by Comanches after her mother was killed in a raid.
Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 12, 2023
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Sketch of the Pawnee (Wichita) Village by George Catlin
The Pawnee/ Wichita village that George Catlin sketched was abandoned by the 1860s.
Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 9, 2023
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Ancient Pyramid Mounds at Marksville, Louisiana
Near Marksville, Louisiana sit 2,500 year old, human constructed mounds... ancient, earthen pyramids. They've been abandoned once again.
Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 6, 2023
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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.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 26, 2023
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Salt Nation: Caddo Industry in Southwestern Arkansas
The Caddo Nation mined salt for over eight hundred years, and this activity remained an Arkansas industry into the 19th century.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 26, 2023
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Polly Ann Colbert, Chickasaw Free Woman
The life of Polly Ann Colbert, a Chickasaw Free Woman, is a history lesson of Indian Territory.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 23, 2023
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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.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 22, 2023
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Sang pour Sang
The bones of the Natchez warriorss could be seen there years afterwards at Lake Sang pour Sang — "Blood for Blood."
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 22, 2023
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Comanche Rations at Fort Supply
Comanches received rations of food as well as monies to offset the loss of territory at Fort Supply.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 18, 2023
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Fort Sill, Still Active
Fort Sill represents the Old West and flourishes as the last remaining, active military post that was built during the Indian wars.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 17, 2023
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Fort Richardson, the Red River War Fort
More than any other fort at or near the Red River Valley, Fort Richardson embodies American Indian reservation policy.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 17, 2023
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Very Busy Fort Belknap
Fort Belknap became an important trading hub for Anglo settlement into the Comanceria.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 17, 2023
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Fort Washita
Fort Washita's main purpose was to protect Chickasaw and Choctaw settlers from the Plains Indians and Anglo "land smugglers."
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 17, 2023
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Fort Arbuckle in the Mountains
Fort Arbuckle was founded by Randolph B. Marcy in 1851 as a Chickasaw Nation garrison.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 17, 2023
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Province of Texas Map, 1818
This Province of Texas map by Mexico was drawn and colored in 1818.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 16, 2023
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The Yattassee Village along the Red River
A 1721 map places the Yattassee village (spelled Yatachez) on the eastern side of the Red River.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 16, 2023
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La Harpe and the Nassonite Trading Post
De la Harpe and his men built a wooden trading post at the "abandoned village of the Nassonite chief."
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 16, 2023
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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.
Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 16, 2023
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