#ouachitariver – Arkansas Wildlife History

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

Early Red and White Hunters in the Arkansas Territory: Part II. They fought each other over hunting supremacy in the Arkansas River Valley and beyond.

Early Arkansas People and Transportation: Ecore A Fabre, 1820s

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”