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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 4, 2023
The Great Western Cattle Trail
The Great Western Trail was the last great northern cattle trail.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 4, 2023
The Shawnee Cattle Trail
The Shawnee Trail is also known as Preston Road or Texas Trail or Military Road or Emigrant Trail.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 4, 2023
The Chisholm Trail aka The Abilene Cattle Trail
The Chisholm Trail was mostly known as the Abilene Cattle Trail through Indian Territory.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 4, 2023
End of the Trail: The Trail of Tears for the Choctaws
The Trail of Tears for the Choctaws ended at a little place called Ultima Thule, and the beginning of their new home was Eagletown.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 3, 2023
Brown Springs in Love County, Oklahoma
Brown's Spring in Love County, Oklahoma is a natural spring about 200 yards from the Red River.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 2, 2023
The Wichitas, Natives of the Cross Timbers
The Wichitas were the people of the Cross Timbers.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 1, 2023
The Butterfield Overland Mail Route and Stagecoach
The Butterfield Overland Mail Route was the first transcontinental road in the United States.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 31, 2023
Carpenter's Bluff Bridge
Before it ferried cars across, Carpenter's Bluff bridge served as a train crossing.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 31, 2023
Wreck in the Red River
A wreck in the Red River is an archeological site.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 31, 2023
Boggy Depot
By the late 1830s, Boggy Depot centered the Choctaw/ Chickasaw Nation.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 31, 2023
Good ol' Gotebo, Oklahoma
There was the once-large town of Gotebo, Oklahoma.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 31, 2023
Welcome to Roosevelt, Oklahoma!
Roosevelt has disproportionately more cars than it does humans, but the cars are what keep the humans in Roosevelt.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 31, 2023
Tatums, Carter County, Oklahoma: Oil Boom and Rosenwald School
Tatums in Carter County, Oklahoma was an all-black town that enjoyed a brief oil boom.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 31, 2023
Doaksville, Choctaw County, Oklahoma
Doaksville in Choctaw County, Oklahoma is now a ghost town but was once a very important place.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 30, 2023
Spanish Fort in Montague County, Texas: Not Spanish and not a Fort
Spanish Fort in Montague County, Texas was originally a Taovayan village that spanned the Red River.
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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
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 20, 2023
Rare Map of Oklahoma: Chisholm Trail and Original Choctaw Names
A Rare Map of Oklahoma from 1892 shows towns, trails, districts, counties, and more.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 20, 2023
Hiking the Blue River WMA, Oklahoma
The Blue River WMA is a hiker's and fisher's paradise.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 18, 2023
The Collapsed Toll Bridges at Sowell and Telephone, Texas
The toll bridge at Sowell's Bluff at the Red River, between Fannin County, Texas and Bryan County, Oklahoma collapsed in 1934.
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