(Union Reenactors at the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Prairie Grove.) While traveling through the Ozarks during the Civil War, Union soldiers commented about Arkansawyers, who continued to live the hunter-farmer lifestyle alongside farmer-hunters. “You have no idea how miserably poor the inhabitants of this section of the country are,” concluded one fellow. “TheyContinue reading “Early Arkansas Hunters: 1860 Union Soldier Views”
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Early Arkansas Environment: Northern Soldier’s Opinion 1862
During the Civil War, many Northern soldiers commented about the Arkansas countryside. “I doubt if few of the habitable portions of the globe presents a more dreary and uninviting wilderness,” commented one fellow. One Iowan remarked that this was the “roughest, meanest country God ever made.” “We are in a perfect wilderness,” wrote an Illinoisan,Continue reading “Early Arkansas Environment: Northern Soldier’s Opinion 1862”
Arkansas Wildlife History 