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FORT SMITH NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE & GALLOWS

Fort Smith National Historic Site 301 Parker Avenue, Fort Smith, Arkansas For more information Click on Web Site

First visit the First Fort Smith Site	It is a short walk and paved trails	As soon as you cross the railroad track look for the boundary between what was once the line between Arkansas and Indian Territory
Old foundation		Old foundation
Then visit The Gallows		The Gallows
Then visit the Old Courthouse and Jail
There is a fee to tour, so if you have a National Parks Pass, bring it......it would be free then....	Entrance to the old jail....
	Beds on floor for prisioners
Sally Port.....ceil door to protect the outside door... so prisioners would not break it down and also so visitors can sit and visit with prisioners.	Fireplace for heat.....
The new jail....
	There are a lot of exhibits like this one...	Judge Issac C. Parker's Courtroom
Judge Issac C. Parker	Judge Parker's personal desk	Front doors of Courthouse

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