Ouachita
Americannoun
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a river flowing SE from W Arkansas through NE Louisiana to the Red River. 605 miles (975 km) long.
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a member of a former North American Indian tribe, apparently of the Caddoan stock, of NE Louisiana.
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As of last year, Ouachita County, where Camden sits, and neighboring Calhoun County employed 3,140 people in their aerospace and defense industries, up about 54% from 2020, according to the Arkansas Department of Commerce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
Carbeck and colleagues from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, University of Alaska and Ouachita Baptist University used the power of whole-genome sequencing to decode the entire song sparrow genome and unlock its secrets.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2023
McCurtain County is in far southeast Oklahoma, in the forested foothills of the Ouachita mountains, bordering Arkansas and Texas.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
Based in the small town of Camden, 100 miles south of Little Rock, Ouachita Electric recently embraced renewable energy to better serve its members, who often struggle to make ends meet.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2023
About a dozen similar sites are known, of which the Ouachita ring is the oldest and biggest.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Subsequently, in the late Paleozoic a significant range stood where the Ouachitas now are.
From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Huntington, Ellsworth
He then returned to the new fort he was erecting on the Mississippi, and Bienville went to explore the country of the Yatasses, of the Natchitoches, and of the Ouachitas.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 by Rudd, John
Along the upper course of the White river in the Bostons and in the country about Hot Springs in the Ouachitas is found the most beautiful scenery of the highlands; few regions are more beautiful.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various
He then returned to the new fort he was erecting on the Mississippi, and Bienville went to explore the country of the Yatasses, of the Natchitoehes, and of the Ouachitas.
From Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562—1733 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)
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