The ultra picturesque Petit Jean overlook rising 1200 feet above the Arkansas riverin the area between the Ozark and Ouachita mountain ranges. According to legend Petit Jean was actually a young 18th century French woman. When she discovered that her fiance planned to explore the Louisiana Territory, she cut her hair, disguised herself as a boy and managed to find a position as a cabin boy. She survived the voyage and the expedition began their exploration. Once they had reached the area of the mountain, the young woman became ill, on her deathbed she revealed herself to her fiance, and was buried on the mountain, not under her own name, but under the name she had been known by on the ship Little John.
Posted on: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 00:20:25 +0000
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