COLUMNISTS Trading his way up
Posted: October 11, 2009 at 4:28 a.m.
Among the rugged immigrants to early Arkansas was Antoine Barraque, a soldier, fur trader, Indian agent, and planter who lived an outsized life and died the patriarch of a large family. Born in 1773 near the Pyrenees Mountains, Barraque must have come from a prosperous family, for he was educated in Paris. Surviving examples of his writing show that he had a good command of formal French.
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Editorial, Pages 84 on 10/11/2009
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