Fort Smith
Oklahoma border town
Fort Smith is a city in western Arkansas on the Oklahoma border, historically significant as a frontier outpost and federal court site in the late 1800s.
Judge Isaac Parker, the "Hanging Judge," presided there over cases involving outlaws in Indian Territory.
A separate Fort Smith exists in Canada's Northwest Territories, a remote town near Great Slave Lake.
Federal land for displaced tribes
- Trail of Tears1830s forced indigenous relocation
- military outpostRemote armed forces station
- garrisonStationed military force
- settlersThose who establish homes
pioneers · trappers · westward expansion · territory · outlaw · lawman · cavalry · stockade
Eighth American president
- Arkansas RiverMajor Plains waterway
- FayettevilleArkansas or Carolina municipality
- Little RockArkansas's seat of government
- OzarksMidwestern highland region
Bentonville · Rogers · Springdale · Hot Springs · Conway · Jonesboro · border town
Execution hanging apparatus
- federal courtTribunal for national matters
- deputiesAppointed subordinate representatives
- executionsLegally sanctioned killings
- outlawsFugitives from justice
jurisdiction · courthouse · lawlessness · sentences · trials · criminals · law and order
Countrymen fighting countrymen
- antebellumBefore a war's start
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- museumPublic exhibit space
- landmarkNotable point of reference
preservation · archives · steamboat · trolley · settlement · incorporation · centennial · legacy
Central business district
- riverfrontLand along a river
- municipalityLocal governing district
- mayorElected head of municipality
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
commercial district · convention center · suburbs · infrastructure · urban · civic · zoning
Indian Territory
Federal land for displaced tribes
- Trail of Tears1830s forced indigenous relocation
- military outpostRemote armed forces station
- garrisonStationed military force
settlers · pioneers · trappers · westward expansion · territory · outlaw · lawman · cavalry · stockade · trading post
Van Buren
Eighth American president
- Arkansas RiverMajor Plains waterway
- FayettevilleArkansas or Carolina municipality
- Little RockArkansas's seat of government
Ozarks · Bentonville · Rogers · Springdale · Hot Springs · Conway · Jonesboro · border town
gallows
Execution hanging apparatus
- federal courtTribunal for national matters
- deputiesAppointed subordinate representatives
- executionsLegally sanctioned killings
outlaws · jurisdiction · courthouse · lawlessness · sentences · trials · criminals · law and order
Civil War
Countrymen fighting countrymen
- antebellumBefore a war's start
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- museumPublic exhibit space
landmark · preservation · archives · steamboat · trolley · settlement · incorporation · centennial · legacy
downtown
Central business district
- riverfrontLand along a river
- municipalityLocal governing district
- mayorElected head of municipality
council · commercial district · convention center · suburbs · infrastructure · urban · civic · zoning
- Frontier Forts
- Fortscitadel, stronghold, The Alamo, Alamo, Alcatraz
- ArkansasLittle Rock Nine, Arkansas River, Ozarks, Ozark Mountains, Little Rock
- Arkansas River CitiesWichita, Tulsa, Little Rock, Muskogee, Van Buren
- Northern CanadaNorthwest Territories, Yellowknife, Inuit, Metis, indigenous peoples
- Northwest TerritoriesYellowknife, Northwest Territories, Wrigley, Enterprise
Fort SmithNew York
Northeastern metropolis and state
Boston · San Francisco · Manhattan · Chicago · New York City
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