James Thomas is an American fur trader and pioneer (The Columbia Encyclopedia 1). The book “Oklahoma a history” provides a map which shows this particular explorers routes on page 49 (Baird and Goble 60). This map documented Thomas’s exploration in 1821. This path is a very long trail. It starts almost at the midway part of the now state, Oklahoma. From there it gradually turns north and for a while follows the Arkansas River. However, the path stops following the river and heads west. The trail stops at the meeting point of the panhandle and the state line. However, the trail continues past the now borders of Oklahoma. In Thomas’s career, he meet very notable people (P. Thomas 1). This makes perfect sense, due to who his customers are, people
