The thought provoking, often simple names of Ozark places stimulate the imagination. Some place names are self explanatory, such as Ash Tree Ridge, Cedargrove and Bat Cave. Others are a little more complicated. The Encyclopedia Britannica states that the word Ozark is probably a corruption of 'Aux Arc,' the name of a French trading post established in the region in the 1700's. Another source has it that the Osage Indians hunted with long bows made from the wood of a tree known to the French as 'Bois d'arc.' Today we call it the Osage orange.