Books
by Robin Cole-Jett
Traveling
History with Bonnie and Clyde
A Road Tripper's Guide to Gangster Sites in Middle America 5-14-09
Texas
Towns
Carpenter's
Bluff BridgeClarksville,
Texas
Decatur,
Texas - The Texas Tourist Camp & Petrified Wood Gas StationDenison,
Texas Hebron,
TexasJonesboro,
Texas Paris,
Texas - The Gibraltar Hotel
Roxton
BridgeSpanish
Fort, Texas
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Life with Bonnie & Clyde by Blanche Caldwell Barrow
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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!
- Robin Jett |
