The Caddo People

Caddo families lived and farmed along the Caddo and Little Missouri rivers from the thirteenth through the fifteenth centuries, growing crops and making pottery, and archaeological sites mark Caddo Gap and Norman. The river carries their name. Caddo peoples belonged to three confederacies, the Hasinai, the Kadohadacho and the Natchitoches. In 1835 the Kadohadacho signed a treaty with the United States to move to Mexico's Texas, and in 1859 many Caddo were moved again to Indian Territory. The Caddo Nation, a federally recognized tribe, is headquartered at Binger, Oklahoma.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Lake Ouachita State Park — 29 mi
  The state park on Arkansas's largest lake, built around a spring a homesteader called healing in 1875.

More markers nearby

• De Soto At Caddo Gap — steps away
• The Town of Caddo Gap — steps away
• The Narrows on Caddo River — steps away
• Montgomery County County Seat — 11 mi