Guillaume Delisle was a French cartographer (1675-1726) who became known for popular and reasonably accurate maps of the newly explored Americas. While he did not explore the Americas in person, he was one of the first cartographers to take a…
David Holcomb, via Facebook: Really great FB site and glad to find it. I live in Little Rock but we have a small family farm (62 acres) outside of Mansfield, AR, about 14 miles from the OK border. We are…
From Tamara Pittman, via Facebook: Hi, I was wondering if anyone in this group has come across mention of bald cypress in Oklahoma in Nuttall’s journals. Several of our lakes have stands of cypress scattered throughout inaccessible areas, which certainly…
On April 29, 1819, a few days after his arrival at Fort Smith, Nuttall “took an agreeable walk into the adjoining prairie, which is about two miles wide and seven long.” This was Massard Prairie, though not named as such…
Really nice informative article on Thomas Nuttall and our tour by John Lovett on front page of today’s Fort Smith (AR) Times Record. And helping promote future tours as well! Thanks, John! Read the article here. One personal correction: I…
Last Sunday Barry Bruton and I went exploring in the Three Forks area. In 1819 this was a happening place, with four trading posts in operation. We weren’t sure what we would find or how close to the the river…
Susan Dragoo wrote an article in the March 2015 issue of Oklahoma Today magazine describing her own retracing of Nuttall’s travels upstream from Fort Smith and into northeastern Oklahoma. She was accompanied by Debby Kaspari who’s paintings and sketches accompany…
As he traveled upstream from Fort Smith, Nuttall noted “a considerable stream of clear water” entering from the north. This was the Illinois River. All “the other rivers flowing into the Arkansa from the north” were similarly clear.” This passage…
Jay Randolph, Ben Geren Golf Course, last Saturday, showing off a field of blazing star to Glenda James. We were just a little bit early to see the blazing star in bloom. Jay is doing outstanding work restoring prairie at…
Plant of the Day–fragrant white waterlily (Nymphaea odorata), at Kerr Ranch Wildlife Refuge Comments (viaFacebook): Donna Deaton I am so much more aware of the plants around me since Saturday. I saw lots of pale purple cone flowers, some obedient…
