Fort Smith, Arkansas
Fort Smith is located in northwest Arkansas near the borders of Oklahoma.
Fort Smith is the second largest city in Arkansas with a population of 86,209 residents (2010).
About Fort Smith
Forbes magazine recently named Fort Smith as the number one city in USA for cost of living. In 2007, Fort Smith was selected to be the location of the new United States Marshals Service National Museum. Fort Smith is the 6th most hit city by tornados in the USA.
To See And To Do In Fort Smith
Fort Smith Museum of History
The Fort Smith Jazz Festival
Fort Smith National Historic Site
Miss Laura's Social Club and Visitor Center
Belle Grove Historic District
Central Mall
Arkansas Wine Country
History Of Fort Smith
Fort Smith was founded in 1817 as a military post to promote peace between warring Indian tribes of the Osage and Cherokee. The name comes from General Thomas Adams Smith. But he never visited the town. The strategic location of Fort Smith, on intersecting rivers and roads made it both a valuable staging area as a Union outpost and a continuing target for the Confederate faithful holed up in the surrounding mountains and in Indian Territory. For 21 years, 1875 to 1896, Isaac Charles Parker served as a U.S. District Judge. Judge Isaac Parker was unique. He sentenced 160 people to death, earning him the distinction of the Ft. Smith Hanging Judge.
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