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

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.

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.

The home of Charles DeMorse, publisher of the Northern Standard of the 1840s-1850, in Clarksville, Texas.

Several years ago, I drove the entire Belt Line Road that circles around Dallas County, and I did it again this past month.

The Clarity Tunnel is the star of the ride.

The toll bridge at Sowell's Bluff at the Red River, between Fannin County, Texas and Bryan County, Oklahoma collapsed in 1934.

The upper portion of this 1840 map by General Cooke of Grayson and Fannin counties shows a number of places that no longer exist

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

This 1865 map by Helmuth Holtz depicts the Great Bend Region of the Red River.

In 1887 W.B. Wise of Paris, Lamar County, Texas decided to show off his wealth by building a Queen Anne style home.

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

The Index Bridge over the Red River between Texas and Arkansas was once a beautiful structure.

The relationship between Gainesville, Texas and Indian Territory as explained by the Chickasaw Hotel.

Mound City in Red River County, Texas once welcomed steamboats in the 1870s

Leon Hinds, Band of Brothers Grave

The Resettlement Administration was defunded when sharecroppers tenant farms were added to the program.

Willie Nelson is now 90 years old! A census update.