Annual Massard Prairie Civil War Battle Anniversary
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Commemoration of the anniversary of the attack at the camp site of the 6th Kansas Calvary. Reenactors, park tours and activities.
Annual Massard Prairie Civil War Battle Anniversary
Phone : (479) 459-1412 (Always call and confirm events.)
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Attractions and Upcoming Events
Miss Laura's Visitor Center
Directions: Downtown Fort Smith, just seven miles east of the Interstate 40 exit in Roland, OK; adjacent to the River Parks Amphitheater and Pavilion buildings; three blocks from the Fort Smith National Historic Site. A restored turn-of-the-century brothel that is now the city's visitor center;
Fort Smith, AR Visitors CentersClassic Carriage Tours, LLC
Directions: 4th and Garrison Avenue next door to Goodson's City and historic tours, weddings, anniversaries, company picnics, corporate events, family and class reunions, theme parties; taxi service; caisson funerals. A red "one horse open sleigh"
Fort Smith, AR ToursU.S. National Cemetery
When the first Fort Smith was laid out in 1817, land was set aside for a military cemetery. Granted national status in 1867, the 21-acre U.S. National Cemetery contains almost 10,000 graves -- among them Judge Isaac Parker and "Darby's Rangers" founder William O. Darby. The colorful "
Fort Smith, AR CemeteriesOak Cemetery
Earliest tombstone is that of Captain Gookin, who died in 1842, the same year the city was incorporated. Other personalities buried here include Arkansas Governor William Fishback (1833-1895); Captain John Rogers, founder of the city; and Arthur Erback, husband of Pearl Starr.
Fort Smith, AR CemeteriesFort Smith National Historic Site
The site, which just underwent a $7 million renovation, contains the remains of two frontier garrisons, Federal Court for the Western District of Arkansas, "Hangin' Judge" Isaac C. Parker's courtroom, reproduction of the 1886 gallows, the "Hell on the Border" jail, the 1846
Fort Smith, AR Historic Sites