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Petersburg ~ Belleville ~ Courtney ~ Spanish Fort ~ Illinois Bend

Courtney Flats Sesquicentennial
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1870~2020


Stories from the 1870s

A new story added each month in 2021
Red River
​Ferries & Fords

January ~ Chickasaw & Choctaw "Landlords"   Updated !
​February  ~  Saint Jo Blizzard 1871 
March ~ Arrival of Early Settlers 1870-1872
​April ~ Spanish Fort town 1870s 
May ~ Hunting Party ~ 1872 
​June ~ Red River Station - 
The Big Herds 
​July ~ Spanish Fort Boot Maker 1870s, 
August ~ Early Day Schools 
September ~ Early Day Medicine 1870s
October ~ ​January ~ Old Man Winter 1875​
November ~ The Cloud - Dibrell Ranch Part I
December ~ The Cloud - Dibrell Ranch Part II
Residents with
Military Service

Area Cemeteries

Area Churches
​Both Methodist and Baptist congregations were present at Courtney Flats in the early 1870s.. 
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​Courtney Grove Missionary Baptist Church 
Courtney Methodist Church
    Rubottom Baptist Church