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Father of Ouachita Trail dies.

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Father of Ouachita Trail dies.

Post by clouddancer on Wed Mar 17, 2010 12:00 pm

From Tim Ernst's Cloudland Journal this morning - We have just gotten word that the man who first came up with the idea for the Ouachita Trail, a 223-mile trail that winds through the Ouachita National Forest in Arkansas and Oklahoma, has passed away at age 77. Art Cowley worked out the plan in the early 1970s for the OT and helped with the first phases of construction while working with the Ouachita National Forest. He later moved to California where he became the Big Tree Coordinator for that state and cataloged more than 250 big trees. His bootprints will forever remain in the Ouachita mountains and his spirit will live on in all who follow his path...

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Re: Father of Ouachita Trail dies.

Post by Preacha Man on Wed Mar 17, 2010 12:20 pm

Here is a link to his obituary here. He sure did a lot of work, helping to make us a nice trail.

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Re: Father of Ouachita Trail dies.

Post by ouachita hiker on Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:21 pm

It is nice to know that someone had to foresight to start such am
ambitious
project.
We have been reaping benefits from his work for years and
years.
I did not know of Art,
but thank him for his work.

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