River County is separated from Arkansas by Bowie
County, and Oklahoma by the Red River. Inhabited
by the Indians as early as 1500 B.C., it was an
an original county created in 1836 from the old
municipality of Mexico.
The bands of Indians who immigrated
into this area were the Shawnee, Delaware and
Kickapoos who settled along the banks of the
creeks that continue to bear their name. As the
white settlers moved into the area, the relations
between them and the Indians were relatively
the Tisdales and their relations lived, was an
important trading center and is situated about
sixty miles from Texarkana.