Editing Robeline, Louisiana (section)

== History ==
Robeline was the [[Los Adaes|capital of Texas]] for 50 years. Robeline was owned by the Spanish and a creek formed the border between Spanish Texas and French Louisiana. During 1870-1917, a railroad was built through Robeline and Marthaville, Louisiana. The town was rich with resources and money, but the railroad was abandoned in 1960, and Robeline declined. It now has a convenience store, dollar store, several churches, and considerable wilderness.

According to a 2007 report,<ref>Louisiana Legislative Auditor: {{cite web |url=http://www.thenewspaper.com/rlc/docs/2007/la-speedtraps.pdf |title=Excessive fine enforcement  |website= |date=June 6, 2007}}</ref> Robeline was named one of the ten worst [[speed traps]] in the state of Louisiana. Robeline made 85.73 percent of its revenue, an average of roughly $1,517 per capita population, from fines and forfeitures in the 2005 [[fiscal year]].

In the 1880s, Robeline had a weekly newspaper, the ''Robeline Reporter.<ref name=":0">[[Alcée Fortier]], ed., ''Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form,'' (Volume 3), Century Historical Association, 1914, pp. 112-113.</ref>''

The historic [[Keegan House (Robeline, Louisiana)|Keegan House]], at one time part of the Elzey plantation, is located in Robeline.