#markethunters – Arkansas Wildlife History

Early Red and White Hunters in the Arkansas Territory: Part I

Unfortunately for newly arrived American hunters, they fell into an ongoing power struggle when they arrived in the Arkansas River Valley in the early 1800s. According to historian Kathleen Duval, nations like the Osage and the Quapaw had long sought the best trading avenues for their people to obtain manufactured goods. However, trading networks andContinue reading “Early Red and White Hunters in the Arkansas Territory: Part I”

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”