Fort Smith National Historic Site Documentary
Bailie Murphy - Scriptwriter, Video Editor, and Narrator
Cedarville High School
Fort Smith National Historic Site and Fort Smith National Cemetery
The last stop on our journey was Fort Smith National Historic Site and the Fort Smith National Cemetery. From the establishment of the first Fort Smith on December 25, 1817, to the final days of Judge Isaac C. Parker's jurisdiction over Indian Territory in 1896, Fort Smith National Historic Site preserves almost 80 years of history.
Fort Smith National Historic Site
Fort Smith National Historic Site
Fort Smith, Arkansas lies on the Arkansas-Oklahoma state border, situated at the junction of the Arkansas and Poteau Rivers, also known as Belle Point. The city began as a western frontier military post in 1817 and would later become well known for its role in the settling of the Wild West and its law enforcement heritage.
In 2007, Fort Smith was selected by the United States Department of the Interior to be the location of the new United States Marshals Service National Museum (which as not been build yet).
The site of Fort Smith became part of the United States in the Louisiana Purchase (1803). Soon after, the Pike Expedition (1806) explored the Arkansas River. Fort Smith was founded in 1817 as a military post, but the Army abandoned the first Fort Smith in 1824 and moved 80 miles further west to Fort Gibson. Army sutler and land speculator John Rogers (who some genealogists claim to be an ancestor to 20th-century Oklahoma comedian Will Rogers) bought up former government-owned lands and promoted growth of the new civilian town of Fort Smith, eventually influencing the federal government to re-establish a strong military presence at Fort Smith during the era of Indian Removal and the Mexican War.
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Fort Smith National Historic Site Orientation Video
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Fort Smith National Historic Site
The historic site includes an interesting museum on the grounds of a former military post, which later became a courthouse. The museum focuses on life in this frontier town in the 1800s.
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Fort Smith National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located in Fort Smith, Arkansas along the Arkansas River.The site was established in 1961 in order to protect the remains of two 19th-century U.S.military forts, including a building which once housed the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.Fort Smith was also notable as a major stop along the Trail of Tears. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960.
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Fort Smith National Historic Site Tour
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Adventures by argofox & a-himitsu
0:00-0:10 - Downtown Fort Smith
0:11-0:17 - OK Food Grain Towers - American Heros by Guido Van Helten, Unexpected Murals Project
0:18-0:21 - The Park at West End - War Paint by D*Face, Unexpected Murals Project
0:22-0:26 - Riverfront Park
0:27-0:29 - Miss Laura's Social Club
0:30-0:34 - Bad Lands by D*Face, Unexpected Murals Project
0:35-0:38 - Portrait of Cherokee Man by Vhils, Unexpected Murals Project
0:39-0:40 - 10th Street Fountain
0:41-0:44 - Unnamed by Ana Maria, Unexpected Murals
0:45-0:51 - Downtown Fort Smith
0:52-0:55 - Universal Chapel by Okuda San Miguel, Unexpected Murals Project
0:56-1:01 - Fort Smith Coffee Co.
1:02-1:06 - Catira by Bicicleta Sem Freio, Unexpected Murals Project
1:07-1:15 - Fort Smith Trolley Museum
1:16-1:23 - Taliano's Italian Restaurant
1:24-1:33 - Fort Smith National Historic Site
Fort Smith Historic Site & Trail of Tears
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Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas
Do the Ozarks: Ghost Hunting Series / Fort Smith National Historic Site
The Arkansas CW Crew went ghost hunting in Fort Smith National Historic Site at night. We are amateurs at the paranormal hunting but it is lot of fun for the crew.
A Special Place: The Fort Smith Story
Travel through the history of this great city from the early, wild frontier days to the strong, diversified economic area it has become today.
THE OUT OF THE NORM SHOW- Miss Laura's in Fort Smith, Arkansas
A turn of the century bordello that catered to cowboys, railroad men, and travellers who were headed into Indian territory just over the Arkansas River in Fort Smith. Miss Laura shares the story of the wild and wooly west with tales of entertainment and rugged lifestyles.
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Fort Smith AR, Drive Around
Drive with us around Fort Smith Arkansas. Also Know as Brick Town. Lovely little town.
Fort Smith is the second-largest city in Arkansas and one of the two county seats of Sebastian County.[4] As of the 2010 Census, the population was 86,209.[5] With an estimated population of 88,037[6] in 2017, it is the principal city of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area, a region of 298,592 residents that encompasses the Arkansas counties of Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian, and the Oklahoma counties of Le Flore and Sequoyah.
Fort Smith has a sister city relationship with Cisterna, Italy, site of the World War II Battle of Cisterna, fought by United States Army Rangers commanded by Fort Smith native William O. Darby. The city also has a mutual friendship-city relationship with Jining, China.[7][8][9]
Fort Smith lies on the Arkansas-Oklahoma state border, situated at the confluence of the Arkansas and Poteau rivers, also known as Belle Point. Fort Smith was established as a western frontier military post in 1817, when it was also a center of fur trading. The city developed there. It became well known as a base for migrants' settling of the Wild West and for its law enforcement heritage.
In 2007, the city of Fort Smith was selected by the United States Department of the Interior as the site of the new United States Marshals Service National Museum, slated to open in 2019.[
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Judge Issac Parker's Haunted Courthouse - Fort Smith, Arkansas
Judge Issac Parker's Haunted Courthouse
I'm proud to say I was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, but back in the 1800's, it was a rough place to live. Judge Issac C. Parker served as Judge over the United States District Court of Western Arkansas. He became known as the hanging judge. Parker sentenced 160 to death, 79 of them were hung which set the scenario of this place still being haunted by Judge Parker and the people that were put to death.
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Exploring Arkansas's National Parks
Host Chuck Dovish takes a special look at Arkansas's six national parks in this one hour presentation From Hot Springs, which was actually the first federal reservation set aside in 1832 to protect a natural resource… to America's first national river the Buffalo National RiveRiver. to Pea Ridge National Military Park… to Arkansas Post National Memorial… to Fort Smith and Central High National Historic Sites-you don't have to go far to experience your America in the Natural State.