Jacob Barkman Site

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Jacob Barkman’s home was a well-known place on the south bank of the Caddo River where the Military Road crossed that stream. The ancient mound above is one of two that Barkman used as a reviewing stand for his racetrack that encircled them. The second mound was destroyed in the twentieth century. This scene was observed by Choctaws and Chickasaws who traveled the Military Road from the Caddo to Antoine Creek to the southwest.