Brothers Andrew and Richard (Dick) Tate and George Anderson arrived at Ecore a Fabre in keelboats soon after and plied their trade along the river, carrying goods and pelts. By the mid-1820s, steamboats made their way up the Ouachita River and brought a faster route from Ecore a Fabre to the New Orleans markets. Continue reading “Early Arkansas People and Transportation: Ecore A Fabre, 1820s”
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Early Arkansas Trappers and Traders: Ecore A Fabre 1782 and 1819
In 1782, the Spanish government sent Jean Baptiste Filhiol to establish a post in the Ouachita region, and he chose Ecore a Fabre, today known as Camden. Here, early French trappers and traders had rendezvoused on the high bluff above where the Caddo Trace crossed the Ouachita River. Filhiol moved the Post a few yearsContinue reading “Early Arkansas Trappers and Traders: Ecore A Fabre 1782 and 1819”
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