The Red River Bridge War
The toll bridge at Colbert was the site of the Red River Bridge "war."
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jul 23, 2023
Gainesville's Chickasaw Hotel
The relationship between Gainesville, Texas and Indian Territory as explained by the Chickasaw Hotel.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jul 9, 2023
Thousand-Word Photograph: Texans Squatting in Indian Territory
The Chickasaws witnessed a land and genealogical invasion by Texans in the early 20th century.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 14, 2023
A Fair View of Fairview School in Greer County, Oklahoma
I became good friends with some curious cows as I visited the remains of the former Fairview School, Greer County, Oklahoma.
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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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Robin Cole-Jett
Jan 31, 2023
Ward the Ville: Wardville, Oklahoma
Wardville, Oklahoma is a ghost town but don't call it that.
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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
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
Bad Bill Dalton, dead in Ardmore
Bill Dalton of the infamous "Dalton Gang" was born in Missouri in 1865 and died near Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma in 1894.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 5, 2022
Trails blazed by Randolph B. Marcy and Black Beaver in the Red River Valley
Randolph B. Marcy and Black Beaver built trails all along the Red River Valley.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jul 21, 2022
Lost Ark
Little Ark once sat along Hickory Creek in Love County, Oklahoma (1902, USGS) I decided to nose around my favorite maps and find places...
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Robin Cole-Jett
May 15, 2022
Cynthia Ann Parker's Long Journey
Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped and adopted into a Comanche family, who renamed her Narua (foundling) in 1836.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 2, 2021
Eagletown, Originally a Station on the Choctaw Trail of Tears
Eagletown was settled within a decade of the Louisiana Purchase and was originally a station on the Choctaw Trail of Tears.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Aug 2, 2021
Ghostly Waters
Like Sulphur 40 miles to the west, Bromide (Johnston County, Oklahoma) was a spa town at the turn of the 20th century. Nestled inside...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jul 6, 2021
Whole 'nother county
Texas likes that it's big, and between 1860 and 1894, it was actually a million and a half acres larger than it is today. That's because...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jul 6, 2021
George Conrad, Buffalo Soldier
In 1937, George Conrad, a former Buffalo Soldier, was interviewed by the WPA's Federal Writer's Project.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jul 6, 2021
Gerty Veteran
Every Veteran's Day - aka Armistice Day - I like to post about a Great War (WWI) veteran because these men hoped that this was the "war...
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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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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 29, 2021
Battlin' Catlin
In 1834, George Catlin accompanied the first dragoon expedition, helmed by Generals Henry Dodge and Henry Leavenworth, from Kansas into...
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Robin Cole-Jett
Jun 29, 2021
Murder Mystery: Tuck's Ferry in Love County, Oklahoma
The demise of Tuck's Ferry in Love County, Oklahoma was the outcome of the ferry operator's murder.
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