One of the least studied but major trade arteries emanating from the Red River was the so-called "Great Spanish Road."

Josiah Gregg's trading path became the "Gold Road" for German immigrants.

Lake Texoma left archaeology and the towns of Aylesworth and Woodville, among others, beneath its waters.

The demise of Tuck's Ferry in Love County, Oklahoma was the outcome of the ferry operator's murder.

In August of 1859, surveyors marked the 100th Meridian at the Red River - the line that marks the eastern boundary of the Texas panhandle...

According to this map filed by the Houston & Texas Railroad with the Texas General Land Office, their rail line was proposed to extend to...

Around 1821, Spanish Texas became Mexican Texas.

Camp Augur in today’s Tillman County, Oklahoma was founded in 1871 to protect the tribes impacted by the Medicine Lodge Treaty of 1867.

The Willis Cemetery sits just off US 377 north of Lake Texoma in Marshall County, Oklahoma.

Warren was once the seat of Fannin County, Texas

I was nosing around the digital collections listed at by the Louisiana State University (Shreveport) libraries and found the Parker map.

Fort Towson in today’s Choctaw County, was established in 1824.

The Chisholm Trail was known as the Abilene Cattle Trail on maps, but what about those who used the trail?

Nathan Banks, Union general, left a relic of the Red River Campaign at Bailey's Dam in Alexandria, Louisiana.

Comanche women in Mow-wi camp at Palo Duro Canyon during the Red River War.

One of the oldest roads in the Red River Valley is the Southwest Trail in Arkansas.

Most antebellum towns west of the Mississippi River did not survive the railroad boom and became ghosts.

Using a 1924 automobile route map certainly helps in this tribute to Red River Valley road trips.