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Exploring Texas and Oklahoma...and every other place too
Updated 6-30-09
These pages feature a few historic places I have visited. As mentioned above, they concentrate mainly on historic sites and areas in Texas and Oklahoma, but I hope to eventually include Louisiana as well. Otherwise, click on any link below to read about on site accounts and view historic places.
Fort Towson Historic Site
Fort Towson was established in 1824. It burned in 1829 but was re-established in 1831. Decommissioned in 1854 but was important nevertheless due to the Civil War. Finally abandoned in 1865. History lovers and civil war buffs will enjoy walking through the ruins of the Fort Towson historic site. We visited on June 25, 2009.
Museum of the Red River
Recently I visited the Museum of the Red River in Idabel, Oklahoma, to have a look at "Acro" (Acrocanthosaurus atokensis - a T-Rex-like dinosaur) as well as the usual exhibits and, oddly enough, an Egyptian mummy dated to the "Roman period" in Egypt.
The Tree On The Gravestones
As I was travelling through Clarksville, Texas, I saw this immense post oak tree lying on the gravestones. So, naturally I grabbed the camera and started snapping pictures Pictures taken in August of 2008.
McKenzie Cemetery
Visit to a historic Red River County cemetery near the grounds of the old McKenzie College. We visited this site on August 7, 2008.
International Boundary Marker
Surveyors from the United States and the Republic of Texas mapped out the border between the two countries from 1840-1841 and left granite markers. Only one boundary marker survives, the only known international boundary marker in the United States. We visited this site on March 17, 2008.
Antique Newspapers
Scans of advertisements from newpapers and magazines (Farm & Ranch Magazine, Semi-Weekly Farm News, etc.) dating from 1908-1929!
Spiro Mounds Archaeological Park Notes and Photos
I have several pages and many pictures devoted to my visits to this world famous Mississippian Culture site which was looted in the 1930's by treasure hunters. The infamous looting of the Spiro Mounds inspired Oklahoma to pass laws pertaining to the destruction of historic sites; this (probably) basically meant that they had to be destroyed by scientists instead of treasure hunters.
Heavener Runestone State Park Notes and Photos
Did Vikings visit Oklahoma and leave evidence of their visit carved into stone? Oklahoma's Heavener Runestone State Park suggests they did that very thing. This page is devoted to pictures and information about the Heavener Runestone as well as several other lesser known stones from the same area.
Apache Prisoner of War Cemtery Notes and Photos
A couple of pictures from one cemetery at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Includes a close up of the plaque on Geronimo's grave.
Millard's Crossing Notes and Photos
Millard's Crossing is a historical village in Nacogdoches, Texas. This page shows a few choice pictures I took when business took me there.
Jane Chandler Gill Burial Site Notes and Photos
Mrs. Jane Chandler Gill was an early resident of the now vanished river port of Jonesboro, Texas. She was one of the first Anglo people to be buried in Texas, and her somewhat elaborate gravestone is the only thing left from the old settlement.
Texas Terrors
Several pages of folk tales, ghost stories, and legends from Northeast Texas and Southeast Oklahoma. I wrote all these stories based on tales I heard as a child.
Arnold E.A. Roitsch Archaeological Site Notes and Photos
This mound site was excavated in the 1990's by the Texas Archaeological Society. The Caddo participated in the work. The site is on private property in remote northeast Texas near the Red River, which had changed course to run dangerously close to the mounds.
Arnold E.A. Roitsch Archaeological Site Revisited
A trip taken to the site in December of 2006 revealed little has changed in this remote area.
Caddo Burial Mounds, 2006 Notes and Photos
A return trip to a protected mound site reveals that nature has disguised the place.
Sam Houston Memorial Park Notes and Photos
This quaint site is also in Red River County, near the place where the old Jonesboro settlement used to be. It marks the point at which such men as Sam Houston and David Crockett first entered Texas and contains several individual plaques and memorials.
Beaver's Bend State Park Notes and Photos
I visited this park near Broken Bow, Oklahoma in June of 2007.
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