A family spends a Sunday afternoon fishing off the side of the pedestrian bridge at Chickasha’s Shannon Springs Park. The bridge was built approximately 80 years ago and its concrete piers show their age. Curtis W. Awbrey | Southwest Ledger

A family spends a Sunday afternoon fishing off the side of the pedestrian bridge at Chickasha’s Shannon Springs Park. The bridge was built approximately 80 years ago and its concrete piers show their age. Curtis W. Awbrey | Southwest Ledger

Chickasha council discusses pavilion cost, reconstruction of trails in park

Mike W. Ray
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
CHICKASHA – Construction of a pavilion in Shannon Springs Park, and an anticipated increase in the...

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James Finck stands beside a historical marker which tells of the 1832 rendezvous at Pierre’s Hole in the Teton Mountain Range. Located near present-day Driggs, Idaho, the historic site was a central point for mountain men, traders, and Native Americans of the American frontier. James Finck, Ph.D. | For Southwest Ledger

James Finck stands beside a historical marker which tells of the 1832 rendezvous at Pierre’s Hole in the Teton Mountain Range. Located near present-day Driggs, Idaho, the historic site was a central point for mountain men, traders, and Native Americans of the American frontier. James Finck, Ph.D. | For Southwest Ledger

Historic Travels: Pierre’s Hole, Idaho

James Finck, Ph.d.
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
One of my favorite periods in history is the golden age of the mountain man.
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