Talk:Smackover, Arkansas

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"I do not know how to enter this change, but here goes: In 1951 I took a course 'History of the English Language' while a student at the Journalism School of the University of Missouri. The professor was talking about the strange origins of many United States place names. One that he mentioned was Smackover, Arkansas. He said the name came by Americans corrupting speech of the first white men to frequent that place, French trappers and traders who took the French chemin couvert or 'covered path' which was the nature of one of the many ages-old Indian trails through the heavily forested areas there."

Source is unknown. 134.253.26.12 (talk) 19:14, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

My vote is also with "chemin couvert" which, unlike "sumac couvert", is a grammatical French expression. Even the town's official page lists "chemin couvert" as a colorful name for a local bayou. Also supporting this view are The Online Encyclopedia of Arkansas and Arkansas.com. -- Douglas W. Boone, guest today at 68.113.127.200 (talk) 22:11, 15 October 2011 (UTC)