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Smack-talking Marcy about the Red River Valley

Robin Cole-Jett

Jun 14, 2023

Smack-talking Marcy about the Red River Valley

Randolph B. Marcy was not impressed by the people who lived in the Red River Valley.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Apr 29, 2023

Dallas MKT Freight Depot

The former MKT freight depot behind the School Book Depository in downtown Dallas.

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Dream a Little Street: History of Pavement on Early Dallas Roads

Robin Cole-Jett

Mar 29, 2023

Dream a Little Street: History of Pavement on Early Dallas Roads

Let me bore you to sleep by telling you about the history of pavement on early Dallas roads!

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Jim Turner lost: Sunk Red River Steam Boat at Albion

Robin Cole-Jett

Mar 21, 2023

Jim Turner lost: Sunk Red River Steam Boat at Albion

Jim Turner, a steam boat, sunk at Albion on the Red River in 1854.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Jan 31, 2023

Electra's The Globe, a Lost Building

The Globe Building in Electra, Texas is now lost.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Jan 31, 2023

Red River Station on the Cattle Trail

Red River Station in Montague County, Texas is a ghost of the cattle trail driving past.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Jan 31, 2023

Camp Howze at Gainesville, Texas

The purpose of Camp Howze in Gainesville, Texas was to train infantry for activation during World War II.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Jan 31, 2023

Garland in Bowie County, Texas

East of DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas and a few miles south of the Red River is the tiny community of Garland.

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Oily Place: Bradley's Corner in Wichita County, Texas

Robin Cole-Jett

Jan 31, 2023

Oily Place: Bradley's Corner in Wichita County, Texas

Bradley's Corner was a "collection of tents, shacks and oil field shops" in the Northwest Extension Field.

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Denison Labor Strike of 1922... that couldn't be

Robin Cole-Jett

Sep 5, 2022

Denison Labor Strike of 1922... that couldn't be

On July 1, 1922, the national Union of Railroad Shopmen called for a country-wide strike, and Denison's MKT labor was about to participate.

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Trails blazed by Randolph B. Marcy and Black Beaver in the Red River Valley

Robin Cole-Jett

Sep 5, 2022

Trails blazed by Randolph B. Marcy and Black Beaver in the Red River Valley

Randolph B. Marcy and Black Beaver built trails all along the Red River Valley.

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Massacre and a Trail of Tears on the Van Dorn Trail

Robin Cole-Jett

Jul 21, 2022

Massacre and a Trail of Tears on the Van Dorn Trail

The Van Dorn Trail led to a massacre and subsequently became a Trail of Tears for the Plains Indians.

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The Bankhead Highway Convoy through North Texas!

Robin Cole-Jett

Jul 21, 2022

The Bankhead Highway Convoy through North Texas!

In 1919, the U.S. government authorized a Military Motor Convoy to traverse the Bankhead Highway.

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Robin Cole-Jett

May 15, 2022

Cynthia Ann Parker's Long Journey

Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped and adopted into a Comanche family, who renamed her Narua (foundling) in 1836.

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Walled in Denison: Stone Ruins off the old Jefferson Highway

Robin Cole-Jett

Jan 12, 2022

Walled in Denison: Stone Ruins off the old Jefferson Highway

Stone ruins near Denison, just a stone's throw from the Old Jefferson Highway, could be related to automobile travel or something else.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Aug 2, 2021

Jack Loftin, a Remarkable Man

Jack Loftin, the remarkable man who wrote, created, and repaired the stone monuments, proved to be a true history machine.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Aug 2, 2021

Doan's Crossing at Doan's Store

If you counted yourself among the fashionable pioneer set, a MUST-DO was to cross into Indian Territory by way of the Doan's Store.

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Robin Cole-Jett

Aug 2, 2021

Milling around Eliasville

One of the easiest ways to spot a ghost town is to follow abandoned railroad lines. When the companies were building their right-of-ways...

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Robin Cole-Jett

Jul 26, 2021

Longitudinal confusion

The Red River Valley above Fulton/ Clarksville / Fort Towson was not fully mapped until after the Civil War. The first regional mapping...

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Robin Cole-Jett

Jul 11, 2021

Jefferson devolution

Jefferson, the county seat of Marion County, Texas, became an inland port after the first federal Red River raft (massive log jam)...

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