Howdy! Daryl,

I was looking at the Index of a Map Atlas and saw the word Ouachita.

That reminded Me of a River Tow Boat named Ouachita that I saw coming
through Lock and Dam 43 on the Ohio River.

I asked the Mate on the head of the Tow how to pronounce the name of the
Boat and what He said sounded like "Watch a tall".

I told him I had thought of calling it "O ah chita" when I first saw the
Boats name, and the Mate laughed at Me and told Me they were from Arkansas.

After seeing the word in the Atlas I read about it some on Wikipedia and
a few other web pages.

I learned a Indian Tribe goes by that Name, there is a River by that Name
that runs through Arkansas and Louisiana, and the Name of a County in The
State of Arkansas.

I thought that You might get a chuckle reading about My first impression
of the name Ouachita I saw on the River Boat, since You live in Arkansas.

73 de Ed W9ODR    .                .


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