Mountain Park, Oklahoma... Coulda Been
A new Oklahoma county named Swanson would boast Mountain Park as its temporary county seat in 1910-1911.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Nov 27, 2023
Red River, Shifty River
The Red River is a shifty river, but that's not meant as an insult.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Nov 26, 2023
Rainy Mountain Indian School for the Kiowa and Apache Tribes
From 1893 to 1920, Rainy Mountain Indian School "Americanized" children from the Kiowa and Apache tribes, and now lies as an unmarked ruin.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 24, 2023
The Cossatot River
The Cossatot River derives from a French word meaning"crushed head," and in 1833, it was to be spanned by a toll bridge.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 24, 2023
Cross Timbers Map from 1844 by Josiah Gregg
The Cross Timbers is well defined on this 1844 map by Josiah Gregg.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 17, 2023
Henry Ker on the Red River: Adventurer or Liar?
Between 1809 and 1819, a young American named Henry Ker traveled up the Red River from its mouth to its far western reaches search of gold.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 12, 2023
Bianca Babb, abducted by Comanches
Bianca Babb was seven years old when she was abducted by Comanches after her mother was killed in a raid.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 12, 2023
Fort Lynn, a Southwest Arkansas Lumber Town
Fort Lynn was a lumber town in southwest Arkansas surrounded by several logging camps.
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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
Sep 29, 2023
Mapping Outrage!
Why was there an outrage about this map that landed in the newspapers?
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 26, 2023
End of the Bison: Deliberate Slaughter to Destroy the Plains
The U.S. Army was instrumental in the slaughter of bison to destroy the Plains tribes.
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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 22, 2023
Olmsted and the Gaines Ferry
In a description of his travels to Texas, Olmsted and his party pushed on to Gaines Ferry on the Sabine River.
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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
Indian Territory in the Civil War
The re-taking of forts in Indian Territory was one minor focus of Grant's Vicksburg campaign in the Civil War.
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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
Top o' Hill Terrace
Top o' Hill Terrace was one the biggest gambling halls, bordellos, and speakeasies in the Southwest.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 20, 2023
Coded and Uniform Architecture
Architecture was coded and uniform to be efficient in their builds, even the places that we now view as one-of-a-kind quaintness.
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Robin Cole-Jett
Sep 18, 2023
Comanche Rations at Fort Supply
Comanches received rations of food as well as monies to offset the loss of territory at Fort Supply.
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