Arkansaw History Resources on the Web
The following links are suggested reading for those who wish to learn more about early Arkansaw history.
Folks that Visited and Wrote About Early Arkansaw
Thomas Nuttall (1819)
Henry Schoolcraft
George Featherstonhaugh
Friedrich Gerstacker
Historical Events in Early Arkansaw
Colbert's Raid (Revolutionary War Battle Fought in Arkansaw)
Another link to Colbert's Raid (Revolutionary War Battle Fought in Arkansaw)
Founding of Arkansas Post
Exploring and Surveying the Louisiana Purchase
Sites and Organizations
Historic Arkansas Museum
Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Petit Jean State Park
Mt. Magazine State Park
Louisiana Purchase State Park
Old State House Museum
Trail of Tears Association (TOTA)
Historic Washington State Park
South Arkansas Historical Foundation and Newton House Museum
Cadron Settlement Park
Directions to the Sylamore Creek Rendezvous
16th Regiment of Foote
Miscellaneous Links
Bibliography of the Fur Trade
This link is to a fur trade bibliography compiled by EARA member Mike “Smoke” Pfeiffer. Smoke is a skilled researcher and has published many scholarly articles on the western fur trade.
2006 Clay Tobacco Pipes and the Fur Trade of the Pacific Northwest and Northern Plains, Historic Clay Tobacco Pipe Studies, Research Monograph 1. Phytolith Press, Ponca City, Oklahoma.
I gave EARA and HHML each a hard copy of this when it came out. Woodenhawk has some to sell.
Prehistoric and Historic Native American Tobacco & Pipes: An Introductory Bibliography 2014
Archaeology and the Fur Trade Bibliography, March 2015
Clay Tobacco Pipe Bibliography April 2015
Gunflints: An Introductory Bibliography Aug 2015 #2