The information I am sharing with you today is about a French explorer who came up the Arkansas River to trade with the Wichita Indians. He has connection to our local history. He is also mentioned in the Arkansas Post story.
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http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2209 (http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2209)
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_is_jean_baptiste_bernard_de_la_harpe (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_is_jean_baptiste_bernard_de_la_harpe)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/maps/lapurchase/lapurchase.pdf (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/maps/lapurchase/lapurchase.pdf)
http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&BBID=12655624&v3=1 (http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&BBID=12655624&v3=1)