Fording the Arkansas - Lake Keystone, OK
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The Snowdog
N 36° 12.005 W 096° 15.575
14S E 746390 N 4009622
This small marker indicates where Washington Irving and his party crossed the Arkansas River - at Lake Keystone, Oklahoma.
Waymark Code: WM18Y79
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 10/22/2023
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This Oklahoma Historical Marker is about a tenth of a mile up the Washington Irving Scenic Trail, in the Washington Irving South Recreation Area at Lake Keystone. There is ample parking right at the trailhead. The marker text is:
In his book, "Tour of the Prairies," Washington Irving tells of fording the Arkansas River and camping at Bear's Glen just to the south of here. Irving crossed the Arkansas in a "Bull Boat," one made froma buffalo skin stretched over limbs to form the shape of a bowl. After fording, he camped in what Irving described as a "wild rocky dell bordered by lofty ridges," one of which is this ridge.
County: Pawnee
Record Address::
Washington Irving South Recreational Area
Lake Keystone, OK USA
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