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

Colbert's hotel stood above his ferry, which once was replaced by a bridge in 1875 that the Red River promptly washed away.

A rare, hand-drawn map of southwestern Arkansas during the Civil War.

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

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

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.

One settlement along this path that interests me is at the western end of the road on this map - Chichi.

In 1838, when the United States and the Republic of Texas surveyed the boundary between the countries along the Index Line (today's...

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

The Chihuahua Trail was a short-lived road blazed by merchants from Mexico and the U.S.