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- Jan 5, 2007
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- All Treasure Hunting
This area of AR & OK was explored, & trapped for beaver for many years, thus leaving many 'French Names'.
In Ar there is 'Petit Jean mt, Sugarloaf mt, Fourche Lafave river, Poteau river, (both states), Cossatot river, (bone crusher)', & in OK 'Cavanal Hill, San Bois mts, Fourche Maline river, Kiamichi mts,' (French for water bird), Chalbeatte crossing, etc.....
Fourche means (Fork), Poteau is supposed to mean 'Post', so must have been a trading post originally, Chouteau OK was named for Auguste Pierre Chouteau, explorer who established the first white settlement at 'Salina OK'.
My uncles found a 'flintlock pistol' while swimming below a rapids in the 30's on the Poteau.
Pic's are Sugarloaf mt, & Cavanal Hill in my area.
Fossis..............
In Ar there is 'Petit Jean mt, Sugarloaf mt, Fourche Lafave river, Poteau river, (both states), Cossatot river, (bone crusher)', & in OK 'Cavanal Hill, San Bois mts, Fourche Maline river, Kiamichi mts,' (French for water bird), Chalbeatte crossing, etc.....
Fourche means (Fork), Poteau is supposed to mean 'Post', so must have been a trading post originally, Chouteau OK was named for Auguste Pierre Chouteau, explorer who established the first white settlement at 'Salina OK'.
My uncles found a 'flintlock pistol' while swimming below a rapids in the 30's on the Poteau.
Pic's are Sugarloaf mt, & Cavanal Hill in my area.
Fossis..............