Four major tribes — the Red River Originals — inhabited the Red River Valley of the Southwest before and during European invasion.

The Rock Bluff Ferry of Love County, Oklahoma: a Tale of Three Ferries!

The Great Western Trail was the last great northern cattle trail.

Brown's Spring in Love County, Oklahoma is a natural spring about 200 yards from the Red River.

The original homelands of the Caddos consist of the Red River Valley from southeastern Oklahoma to Natchitoches, Louisiana.

The French and Creole City of Natchitoches is the oldest colonial city in the Louisiana Purchase.

Fort Los Adaes near Robeline, Louisiana was once the capital of Spanish Texas.

The village of Natchitoches welcomed Fort St. Jean Baptiste in the early 18th century.

The Butterfield Overland Mail Route was the first transcontinental road in the United States.

Before it ferried cars across, Carpenter's Bluff bridge served as a train crossing.

A wreck in the Red River is an archeological site.

Doaksville in Choctaw County, Oklahoma is now a ghost town but was once a very important place.

Spanish Fort in Montague County, Texas was originally a Taovayan village that spanned the Red River.

Preston was founded by Holland Coffee, and yes, that was his real name.

Fulton grew up along the Great Bend of the Red River but is no longer growing.

An announcement of a stern wheeler going to Beal's Landing in Fannin County.

"The devastating 1908 flood's effect on the "Frisco Bridge - Warner Junction - Red River Flood. May 26th '08."

A map showing the stagecoach route through Pilot Grove (Grayson County, Texas) in 1865.

In 1852, Captain Marcy and George B. McClellan were tasked to document the source of the Red River.

The toll bridge at Colbert was the site of the Red River Bridge "war."