Twelve Mile Bayou, aka the Jefferson to Shreveport Waterway
I was pleasantly surprised to recognize that the Jefferson to Shreveport Waterway still exists as Twelve Mile Bayou.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 9, 2023
Sketch of the Pawnee (Wichita) Village by George Catlin
The Pawnee/ Wichita village that George Catlin sketched was abandoned by the 1860s.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 6, 2023
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.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 4, 2023
The Willis Bridge over Lake Texoma
The "Willis Bridge" now connects Oklahoma to Texas over Lake Texoma along US 377.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 2, 2023
Maps of the Rapids at Alexandria in the Civil War
Two maps of the rapids at Alexandria during the Civil War reside in the Library of Congress.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 28, 2023
Marion Post, Photographer of Cane River Creoles
Marion Post (later, Marion Post Wolcott) was the first photographer to document the Cane River Creole culture of Louisiana.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 26, 2023
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.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 23, 2023
Sophia Suttenfield Aughinbaugh Coffee Butt Porter
Sophia Suttenfield Aughinbaugh Coffee Butt Porter was one of the more colorful characters to inhabit the Red River Valley.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 23, 2023
Grand Ecore Fight
Today, Grand Ecore is referred to mainly as a geological feature, but there is a TON of human history on this bluff.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 23, 2023
The Red River Toll Bridge at Sacra's Ferry at Brown Springs
In 1931, the toll bridge at the former Sacra's Ferry site across from Brown Springs closed for good in favor of a free bridge a upstream.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 22, 2023
Sykes Ferry at Dorcheat Bayou, Louisiana
Sykes (Sikes) Ferry Road passing over Dorcheat Bayou north of Minden in central Webster Parish, Louisiana.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 22, 2023
Western Louisiana in the Civil War
When the capitol of Louisiana faced Union Control and Reconstruction during the Civil War, western Louisiana descended into lawlessness.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 22, 2023
Southwestern Arkansas in the Civil War
The people in Southwestern Arkansas before the Civil War were much more populist and had a strong free-soil expansionist base.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 22, 2023
Sang pour Sang
The bones of the Natchez warriorss could be seen there years afterwards at Lake Sang pour Sang — "Blood for Blood."
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 22, 2023
The Great Hanging of Gainesville in the Newspapers
Newspaper articles report on the same event: the Great Hanging in Gainesville, as well as other murders that took place in North Texas
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 22, 2023
North Texas in the Civil War
While its neighbors suffered in stopping the Union armies from entering, North Texas itself left the Civil War relatively unscathed.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 19, 2023
Shreve Report on the Completion of the Red River Raft Removal
This report by Captain Henry Shreve explains that the Red River Raft removal is complete. Kinda.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 18, 2023
The Peru Ferry near Gilliam, Louisiana
The Peru Ferry near Gilliam served passengers and oil field traffic between Gilliam, Louisiana and the Old Plain Dealing Road.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 18, 2023
Denison, Railroad City
The MKT made Denison a very important railroad city after the Civil War.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 17, 2023
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.
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