Fourche Maline
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Fourche Maline (Bad Fork, French) is a tributary of the Poteau River in Oklahoma.
The headwaters of Fourche Maline are in the Sans Bois Mountains in Latimer County. It flows southwestward through Robbers Cave State Park, then southeastward past Wilburton before turning eastward until it reaches the Poteau River in Le Flore County. It is impounded by Lake Wayne Wallace and Lake Wister.
Humans habitation in the Fourche Maline valley dates from at least 3,500 years ago. The Fourche Maline Culture (300 BC-800 AD) is defined by their use of pottery and the bow and arrow. The pottery is identified by its plain flat bottoms and thick, black middens. The Fourche Maline Culture evolved into the Caddoan Culture.
[edit] External links
- Headwaters of Fourche Maline-Map from TopoZone (accessed August 25, 2006).
- Mouth of Fourche Maline-Map from TopoZone (accessed August 25, 2006).
- The McCutchan-McLaughlin Site Oklahoma Archeological Survey (accessed August 25, 2006).
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