The Red River Expedition of 1806 was supposed to be another in a string of scientific triumphs for the United States as it explored the new territories of the Louisiana Purchase.

'A hedgerow of bois d’arc was bull-strong, horse-high, and pig-tight,' old experts said. Horse Apple fence posts also last long. The wood is even good for the dead.

In honor of Black History Month, I want to introduce some acronyms and explain what it stands for and what role it played in African American History especially with relation to Liberia and Egypt.

Where is the protection of rural America and the people that seek its solace? Are we all doomed to carry the weight of the expanding exploits of the city?

Peace talks can bring an end to the immediate violence and deaths but remain only 'talks' when extremists on both sides have the goal of destroying the other.

The idea of a trek along the Red River to find out more about the reach of the river, its wildlife, and the Native American tribes that lived along it had been conceived not long after Louisiana had been purchased from France.

Quanah Parker spent much of his life caught between two worlds.

He was called "Prince John," but he was far from royalty. Gen. John Magruder was part of two losing wars but was popular among his troops.

Almost every year, a student would ask me, in my course Comparative World History (Africa/Middle East): "Are God and Allah the same God?"

He was best known for a short pen name, "O. Henry." The man behind the stories, William Sydney Porter, was a complicated character with a sharp imagination. Porter wrote hundreds of stories in his short career and became one of the best-known short story writers of the twentieth century.

On January 1, 2025, the citizens of Fannin County were stunned by the news that one present and two previously elected county officials were indicted for theft of more than $150,000 but less than $300,000.

Louis Wigfall, an attorney, legislator, and later U. S. Senator from Texas, had many advantages in his life. However, his short fuse and alcoholism eventually wrecked his own life and brought disaster for Texas during the Civil War.