On this date (July 6) in 1819, the botanist Thomas Nuttall left the garrison constructed two years earlier at the confluence of the Poteau River with the Arkansas (Fort Smith) and proceeded upstream toward the Three Forks area (confluences of…
On July 2, 1819 Nuttall “remained at the garrison [Fort Smith],” recuperating from his trip back north from the Red River. In a few days (July 6), he will resume his trip up the Arkansas river, with the Three Forks…
We are going to try something new this year. Over the course of three days we will travel from Fort Smith, and the confluence of the Poteau River with the Arkansas, to Fort Towson, and the confluence of the Kiamichi…
Gayfeathers are just coming into bloom at Ben Geren. Should be a beautiful display this Saturday for our Fort Smith Prairies field trip. The workshop is full at 25. We have set up a wait list option on Eventbrite, in…
“[T]he prairies or grassy plains begin to be prevalent, and the trees to decrease in number and magnitude.” (:155) Nuttall made this entry in his journal on April 23, 1819 as he neared Fort Smith from the east, working his…
Nuttall’s Death Camas (Toxicoscordion nuttallii) – formerly and more commonly known as Zigadenus nuttallii. I saw several stands of these last Sunday as I traveled the route of our upcoming May 18 trip through the Kiamichi valley to the Red…
Nuttall’s sketch across the prairies of the Poteau Valley looking east to Cavaniol (his spelling) was chosen for the cover of the University of Oklahoma press edition of his journal. Some friends from the local area have sometimes laughed and…
On May 16, 1819, Thomas Nuttall “left Fort Smith with Major Bradford and a company of soldiers, in order to proceed across the wilderness, to the confluence of the Kiamesha and Red river.” The party reached the Red River valley…
Ted Daniels, who is a science teacher in Kinta, OK was part of our Nuttall trip last weekend. He sent this note via Facebook: I recommend the Thomas Nuttall trip. The trip was very well organized. I would recommend this…
We had a great time with a GREAT group of Nuttall field trippers this past Saturday, April 27, 2019, 200 years after his visit to the area. Nuttall-interested folks from Kansas, southern Arkansas, & Stillwater, OK traveled to Poteau and…
