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John Hart and Holland Coffee entered into a dispute over land that became complicated and lengthy. This dispute included Coffee’s one-time partner, Silas Colville. Historical accounts do not portray any...
by Kendall Davis on 11/12/2020
The Expedition into Uncharted Territory
We find fur trapper, John Hart, satisfying his debts in the Buckeye State* and heading south to three-year-old Arkansas Territory in 1822. * There, John acquired a...
by Kendall Davis on 10/29/2020
Vicious-looking teeth, armored bodies, and huge in size describes the Gar fish. Sport fisherman know this fish to be as great of a fighter as the Striped Bass, and they love to hunt and fish for them. Before...
by Kendall Davis on 10/15/2020
Texomaland has done well in surviving the pandemic, economically speaking. There have been a lot of economic setbacks, but when you drive around in both states, you see cars parked in front of all the...
by Kendall Davis on 9/24/2020
Geocaching adventures is a great family fun activity to take part in year-round. As the busy lake season winds down, families often have more time for Geocaching.
What is Geocaching?
Geocaching is much like...
by Barbi Green on 9/22/2020
There are many precautions you can take to ensure your pet’s safety while you enjoy lake life with friends and family. Vaccinating your pet keeps it safe from diseases from wild animals and you safe from...
by Kendall Davis on 9/10/2020
He preserved the history of cowboy life on the range after the cattle drives ended and before the West had changed forever by learning to develop pictures of the working cowboy with a Kodak camera. Erwin Evans...
by Kendall Davis on 8/27/2020
The voting process in the U.S. can seem complex. In the first section, I give only the facts that might make understanding the voting process simple and clear up a rumor. Then, I discuss how voting procedures...
by Kendall Davis on 8/13/2020
In my other job, teaching English online, I read interesting articles with intermediate to advanced students. One of my students chose an article about a floating tent, and I decided to look at other great...
by Kendall Davis on 7/30/2020
No doubt about it, fishing is big business on Lake Texoma. In 2019, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation and the Texas Parks and Wildlife found that between December 2018 and July 2019 that...
by Kendall Davis on 7/16/2020
Agent Lori Dean Thomas: Her Story
I wrote this story because as we get into the summer season and the Fourth of July celebrations with a lot of party destination tourists heading our way in Texomaland, we all...
by Kendall Davis on 6/25/2020
Lake Texoma 2020 Fireworks 4th of July Celebrations
Lake Texoma celebrates the 4th of July with a number of fireworks displays for the community. Mark your calendars for the following 4th of July events and...
by Barbi Green on 6/17/2020
Guy’s restaurant was supposed to open April 2020 at the popular casino in Durant, Oklahoma. That proved to be the wrong time to open a restaurant anywhere in the world. The hiring process for the...
by Kendall Davis on 6/11/2020
Have people been coming to Texoma to work remotely on their boats, in their campers, or at their second homes during the pandemic? That was a question posed to me. I cannot measure that demographic after...
by Kendall Davis on 5/28/2020
You can buy your meat direct from local ranchers and farmers. You may have noticed empty shelves at the meat counters in grocery stores lately. Be assured that there is not a meat shortage. There are a few...
by Kendall Davis on 5/14/2020
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act
I started contacting U.S. Senator and Congressman's aides about six weeks ago to find out what the stimulus bill will mean to people and small...
by Kendall Davis on 4/23/2020
I was able to talk to someone at almost all the marinas on Lake Texoma. Many reported being busy and some reported they were almost booked up. All of them are stressing the importance of social distancing....
by Kendall Davis on 4/9/2020
Dante Alighieri was a 14th-century poet born in the Republic of Florence in today’s Italy. “The Inferno” is the first part of his epic poem, Divine Comedy. Dante writes the first known...
by Kendall Davis on 3/26/2020
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Fur Trading and Fashion
Fashion designers in Paris and London played a huge part in expanding the U.S. to create what America is today. Affluenza, as it does today, demanded the...
by Kendall Davis on 3/13/2020
What was it really like when cowboys in Texas and Oklahoma finished their day’s work in the 1920s? Cowboys earned $20 to $30 a month, plus room and board back then. It cost the average U.S. citizen $620...
by Kendall Davis on 2/27/2020