Camp Maxey
1942Camp Maxey near Paris, Texas served as a WWII training camp and held approximately 4,000 German prisoners of war who worked on local Texas farms.
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Camp Maxey near Paris, Texas served as a WWII training camp and held approximately 4,000 German prisoners of war who worked on local Texas farms.
Paris Texas built a sixty-five-foot Eiffel Tower in 1993 to match its name. Then Paris Tennessee built one taller. So Paris Texas topped theirs with a giant…
A 65-foot replica of the Eiffel Tower wearing a red cowboy hat.
22 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.
You're rolling through Hugo, Oklahoma, and you might just hear the echoes of the oldest bluegrass festival west of the Mississippi! Right here, the Bill Grant Bluegrass Festival kicked off in August 1969. It started…
You're driving through Choctaw County, and right here, in what's now Hugo, was once the heart of the Choctaw Nation's most important trading center: Doaksville. Established in 1824, Fort Towson was the second oldest…
Right here in Hugo, you're driving through the winter home of the circus! Since 1942, this town has been the chosen spot for circuses to escape the cold and prep for the spring season. Fifteen different circuses have…
You're driving through southeastern Oklahoma, maybe not far from Hugo. Right here, in the mid-1800s, lived Robert M. Jones, a powerful Choctaw leader, planter, and entrepreneur. He owned thousands of acres and was the…
You're driving through what was once the heart of the Choctaw Nation, and right here is where Cyrus Kingsbury spent the last decades of his life. Known as the 'Father of the Missions,' Kingsbury dedicated over six…
You're driving through Oklahoma, and right here, the ground beneath your feet has been a source of wealth for centuries! Long before settlers arrived, Native Americans quarried flint and dug for minerals like hematite.…
Pull over here for a moment and let's reflect on the complex history beneath our feet. This is Rose Hill Plantation, a place that speaks to both the prosperity and the profound injustices of the pre-Civil War South.…
You're driving past Grant, Oklahoma, right in Choctaw County. This town has roots going back to around 1885 when Basil Gooding opened a store here. But what's really interesting is what happened in 1904. Right here, on…
You're driving past Sawyer, Oklahoma, a town with a name that changed more than once! It started as Gilbert in 1902, named by its first postmaster after his son. But by 1903, it was renamed Sawyer, honoring an attorney…
You're driving through Soper, Oklahoma, a town born from a railroad line in 1902. It was named for Pliny L. Soper, an attorney for the Arkansas and Choctaw Railway. Right here, the Snippee Store building became the…
You're driving through Choctaw County, and right here is the site of Doaksville, once the principal town of the Choctaw Nation. Founded between 1824 and 1831 by Josiah Doak and his brother, this settlement quickly grew…
You're driving through Choctaw County, and right here is the site of Fort Towson. Established in 1824, this wasn't just any old army post. It was a crucial fortification on the border with Mexico, meant to keep the…
You're driving through what was once the heart of Chickasaw territory, near Fort Towson. Right here, George Colbert, a mixed-blood Chickasaw leader, wielded immense power. He was a colonel who fought alongside George…
You're driving through Choctaw County, and right here is Fort Towson. This town owes its existence to a railroad and a good spring. Back in 1902, a group of men wanted a new townsite near the old fort. They found the…
Right here in Rattan, Oklahoma, a story of history came alive thanks to some bright elementary school students. Back in 1997, their class project focused on four Royal Air Force cadets who tragically died in training…
Imagine life on the edge of civilization. That's exactly what Fort Towson was: a crucial outpost on the Permanent Indian Frontier. Established in 1824, Fort Towson served multiple purposes. It was a military post, a…
Camp Maxey near Paris, Texas served as a WWII training camp and held approximately 4,000 German prisoners of war who worked on local Texas farms.
Pull over here for a sec. This is where Antlers came alive, thanks to the railroad and a reliable water source. In 1902, the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway, nicknamed the Frisco, built a depot right here. The adjacent…
You're driving through Antlers, Oklahoma, right now. This town has a story that's both tragic and easily overlooked. On April 12th, 1945, the same day President Roosevelt died, a massive tornado ripped through Antlers.…
You're driving through Pushmataha County, and right here, in the early 1900s, dreams of oil wealth turned to tragedy. Near Jumbo, a mine produced asphalt, but in 1910, an explosion there killed fourteen men. The mine…
You're driving past Swink, Oklahoma, and right here, beneath your wheels, lies the forgotten wreck of the steamboat Heroine. Built in 1832, the Heroine was one of the first steamboats to brave the newly cleared Red…
You're driving through Choctaw County, and right here is the story of Swink. Founded by David Randall Swink, who married into the Choctaw Nation, the town's first site had a problem: the land belonged to his young son,…