Antoine Barraque
Antoine Barraque, also known as Antoine Barraque Sr., was a French Indian trader who founded New Gascony, Arkansas.Biography
Barraque was born in France, on April 15, 1773. A veteran of Napoleon's Old Guard, he emigrated from France to the United States in 1816. After emigrating, he worked in the Indian trade at Arkansas Post and New Gascony, Arkansas. Barraque, who was fimiliar with the Quapaw Nation and married to a local Franco-American woman related to them, led the tribe to their new home in 1826 on lands given them by the Caddo on the Bayou Treache of Red River pursuant to the Treaty of 1824. He later served as the postmaster of New Gascony and Plum Bayou, Arkansas. He was a business associate of Frederick Notrebe. Barraque died on October 29, 1858, in Jefferson County, Arkansas, at the age of 85.Honors
in Jefferson County and Barraque Street in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, are named after him.