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towns and photos by Robin Jett
Carpenter's
Bluff Bridge
Clarksville,
Texas
Decatur,
Texas - The Texas Tourist Camp & Petrified Wood Gas Station
Denison,
Texas
Hebron,
Texas
Jonesboro,
Texas
Paris,
Texas - The Gibraltar Hotel
Roxton
Bridge
Spanish
Fort, Texas
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Life with Bonnie & Clyde by Blanche Caldwell Barrow 1-26-05
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I
love history. Next I love writing. So it comes naturally that I love
writing about history - especially about my beautiful home, the Red
River Valley.
Born in gay Par-ee on the Prairie (translation: Paris, Texas), I've
grown up around the Red River pretty much all my life, save for eight
years living in Germany after my father passed away. There, I lived
in a little town called Dattlen, which considered itself the "Canal
Cross Roads of Europe" - and if that ain't a selling point, then I
don't know what is. As many as five canals, each emptying into the
Rhine, met behind my grandmother's house. What's more, my Texan grandmother
lived about 2 miles as the crow flies from the old Albion Ferry Crossing
in Red River County, tending store and tellling tales. So I guess
from way back, I've been a canal/river rat.
Along with writing articles about my corner of Texas, I'm in the
process of writing a few books, and I publish a paid subscription
newsletter, Red River Historian. It's aimed for people who are curious
about the rich history of the Red River Valley - both Texas and Oklahoma
sides.
A big thank you goes here to Texas Escapes for their genorosity in
accepting my very first article. Look me up at my web-card, http://www.redriverhistorian.com!
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