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History Matters: A trip through the Sabine Strip

Red River Radio | By Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Published February 21, 2017 at 7:45 AM CST
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This is a map of the Sabine Free State I made using USGS data. J. Villasana Haggard, "House of Barr and Davenport", Volume 49, Number 1, Southwestern Historical Quarterly Online used as reference.

This week Commentator Dr. Gary Joiner explores the history of the Sabine strip.

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History Matters is made possible in part by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and Louisiana Cultural Vistas Magazine.
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Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Gary Joiner is a cartographer and an associate professor of history at LSU in Shreveport. He is the author or editor of 12 books including “Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862,” “One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign in 1864,” “Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864,” “Red River Steamboats,” and “Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy: Mississippi Squadron.”
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