History and Heritage in Fort Coffee, OK

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The Fort Smith Museum of History acquires, preserves, exhibits and interprets objects of historical signi...

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- Fort Smith was one of the first U.S. military posts in the Louisiana Territory and served as a base of operati...

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This facade is all the remains of the five story building occupied from 1907 to 1955 by Reynolds - Davis Wholesale Gr...

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A visit to the Fort Smith National Historic Site begins at the Visitor Center, located in the former barr...

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At the beginnings of the Civil War, amid the firing of cannon and the cheers of the people, a local newspaper reporte...

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With the largest criminal jurisdiction of any federal court at the time, the Western District of Arkansas handled an ...

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What was once a center of prehistoric power is now reduced to twelve earthen mounds. From a bend in the Arkan...

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Bass Reeves, a slave born in Arkansas and reared in Texas, rose to become one of the best known and effective deputy ...

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The U.S. Army built the original flagstaff at the second Fort Smith in 1846. As with many western military posts, the...

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After the U.S. Army closed Fort Smith in 1871, the guardhouse served the Federal Court for the Western District of Ar...

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In 1870, ground was broken for the three-story Fishback Block on the site of Jeremiah Kannady's blacksmith shop which...

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This is the oldest building still standing in Fort Smith. Originally built as part of a larger fortification, over th...

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Taken out of service in 1933, restored car #224 made its initial runMay 19, 1991. Since then it has carried ove...

Fort Smith Museum Of History