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@TracesofTexas Davy Crockett crossed the red river there on his way to the Alamo. Historical marker is near Kiomatia.

Formerly a country store, this unimposing structure is all that remains of the ghost town of Kiomatia, which has the distinction of being a ghost town twice. First its American Indian residents, who had there for centuries, abandoned the site. Later, white settlers arrived, created a town, and subsequently left. Prehistoric Caddoan peoples occupied the Kiomatia area by at least the close of the first millennium. On the Texas side of the Red River, opposite the mouth of the Kiamichi river in Oklahoma, they built two clusters of earthen mounds that appear to have served both ceremonial and administrative purposes. From these centers extended a network of Caddoan villages whose inhabitants sustained themselves through agriculture and hunting. Surplus production flowed back toward the mound complexes. The population withdrew from the area around 1795, probably as a response to a series of tremendous floods. The Kiomatia mounds comprise two pairs of earthen structures set roughly a mile apart, and it remains uncertain whether the pairs were contemporaneous. Each consists of a larger mound accompanied by a smaller one situated about 600 yards to the northeast. Later settlers supplied the names: the northwestern pair is known as the Wright Plantation Mound, while the other is called the Faskin Mound. The larger mounds were probably platforms for ceremonial buildings; the smaller ones may have had funerary functions. By the time American settlers began arriving in the Red River Valley around 1816, the mounds had stood unused for some years. Drawn by the fertile floodplain but wary of the hazards of floods, settlers built directly atop the elevated earthworks. Claiborne Wright, among the earliest permanent settlers in what was then called Pecan Point, established a dogtrot cabin on the Wright Plantation Mound in the 1830s, using enslaved labor. A farmhouse once occupied the Faskin Mound as well, but it was removed in the mid-1970s. Kiomatia reached its population zenith of 250 in 1914, but this has been followed by slow, irreversible decline. The post office closed in 1954 and that was pretty much all she wrote. Although it's kind of out there all by its lonesome now, Kiomatia was once a major hub of regional transportation. Nineteenth-century planters regarded Wright’s Landing as the head of reliable steam navigation on the Red River, so goods from all over congregated there. Overland routes converged there as well: a military wagon road ran southwest from Portsmouth through Fort Gibson to the Kiamichi’s mouth, and in 1844 the Republic of Texas laid out a connecting road on the Texas side of the river from the Trinity River in Dallas County to Kiomatia, linking it with the Fort Smith–Fort Gibson route. Arcane fact: the bars on the windows of this building were flattened by a blacksmith from old buggy rims.

@VictoriaEgreen @MegaMomMachine @marchguin We didn't score goals because we skate slow a got bodied over and over.

@MegaMomMachine @marchguin We couldn’t score goals in the playoffs but sure let’s trade our two 45 goal scorers

Those of y’all in the trade Otter, Roope, and/or Thomas crowd are exceptionally stupid sorry

@Lassimak I saw a photo of him wearing Capri jeans,so no surprise he under preformed. Jaja

Jake Oettinger: "I don't feel like I accomplished any of my goals. I want to win a Stanley Cup, I want to win a Vezina Trophy, and I want to be a starting goalie for Team USA, and none of those things happened."

@repTILLYan I believe being a slow team and cant hit no one is a bigger problem than wonky seeding.

Stop all the "first round exits" crap. They lost to a 106 point team this season They lost to a 111 Point Toronto team in 2023 And twice to the Stanley Cup Champs in '24 and '25...Good teams will lose in Rd 1 because Gary Bettman created the dumbest seeding format in pro sports

@JuroKral @Thalheimer15 Yeah good at shaking sticks a guys. That stuff don't work in the playoffs.

@Thalheimer15 Internal growth. Not much else needed. Look at Lundkvist this spring. Now add in Bichsel. Harley & Heiskanen in their prime. Lindell as a backstop. They’re surprisingly good D-wise.

If you were wondering how the post-Seguin deal Stars could look like in 2027-28: This team had around $12.5M in cap space before adding a hypothetical free agent like Alex DeBrincat. Even with Bourque at 6x6M & Bichsel at 3x5M. Dallas will be FA hunting very soon. #TexasHockey

@tharlsglazer Dallas skates slow and cant hit anybody. Bad combo for cup playoffs.

Stars would’ve gotten murdered by Colorado wow

@mnpucks11 @Lassimak What about after 3?

@Lassimak Um, it's a tie game after 2 young lady.

Trailing 3-0 in the first period was the reward for winning the Stars-Wild series? Ouch.

@nc_nuklehead @DallasStars Stars can't play fast . Can't play physical Yikes.

@DallasStars We deserve better. Better defense, better goal tending, better physicality. Im embarrassed...

The season ends, but our gratitude does not. Thanks for riding with us every step of the way, Stars fans 💚

@Jeff_Coop27 @MarkLazerus Source?

@MarkLazerus Have we considered that he’s very clearly playing through serious injury?

NEW: Where's the dynamic, bull-rushing Mikko Rantanen who took over the postseason a year ago? Because this Meek Rantanen isn't going to cut it. My column from Dallas: nytimes.com/athletic/72394…

@RussoHockey One of the few hits stars have produced unfortunately

Jamie Benn opening door and Jake Middleton jumping out through the door as Marvin Bourque, who put Middleton on the bench, waits for Middleton to leave so he can then go through that open door … is legit funny

@DallasStars Kinda need to hit opposing player to consider it a fight.

Finish the fight.

@WeakMenandWomen Exactly what a weak man would say. Blame boomers instead of your weak take on governance.

@DallasTexasTV Boomers would suggest buy and live in this unaffordable ass home for 30 years and only then can you buy your unaffordable dream home when you’re 5 years from a nursery home.

500 sq foot shot gun homes are now being built in Texas, no back door to get to your backyard

@SlavBritt Covid shots and fully boosted.

The wild fanbase is losing the plot just like their team…

@victoryplustv @DallasStars Why does your tv feed look so grainy? Espn looks light years better on my bravia 9. I would sincerely like to know. I'm to the point of jumping teams. I dont want to but your stars games look 480p resolution. I've tried different settings.

𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡, 𝐖𝐚𝐠 & 𝐖𝐢𝐧 🐾🐶 Grab your furry friend and watch the @DallasStars take on the Maple Leafs north of the border » victoryplus.com/player/series_… #TexasHockey

@DaveyCash15 Dumb take on a cross check to the face. House plant.

@PuckReportNHL Stars fan here. It’s an ugly shot but I don’t think you fine the guy. Sometimes you just get your dander up and make a dumb play. Even if it was aggressive I don’t think it was premeditated or anything. Just a battle. Let hockey be hockey

#Flames forward Ryan Strome has been fined $5,000 (max) for cross-checking Jason Robertson. #TexasHockey

@victoryplustv @Razor5Hole Can barely see it on my grainy live feed of victory +

"This is frosting the cake" 🧁😋 - @Razor5Hole

@shadygrooove @WhiteHouse @AshleyW838 I guess you're state isn't over run with foreigners. If you are even in the US. Lol

@WhiteHouse @AshleyW838 They look like this:

When you hear a panican...

@ReevesCanon @EPotterMD Lol

@EPotterMD Love that idea, my fiancé is a general surgery resident, can't believe we haven't thought of that!

We've built a first of its kind grocery store in Austin. Introducing Goods➡️

@saltyshake67681 Come help me clean my garage and repaint the walls. Thanks in advance for free help from the heart and all.

@seanshapiro well you can still come on and talk for free? why is everything about money? do it from the heart?

My run at DLLS is over. I had a blast in the last 18 months helping build the DLLS Stars show and I'm going to miss it. Here's some transparency on why, sports media, and why I still love this field. shapshotshockey.com/p/on-the-end-o…

@DallasStars Johnson is a great young talent, even though he looks dumb chomping on that mouthpiece. Lol

Texas Hockey history ⭐️