They used bodark to pave roads in Texas

Posted by Jack Cain on Tuesday, January 08, 2002 at 7:41AM :

In Reply to: Oak boards for the bed posted by EdC on Monday, January 07, 2002 at 6:42PM :

Actually Bois d' Arc but (called Bodark by the locals) which is plentiful and considered to be a nuisance tree would make an outstanding bed.

A couple of years ago when they were tearing up and replacing the roads in Downtown Dallas they discovered that at one time all of the streets where covered with Bois d' Arc and it was still in pretty good condition even after having been covered for a century.

Bois d' Arc also goes by the name of Osage Orange and out in the sticks some call it Horseapple.

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