• Rifle Regiment arriving at Belle Point, 1817. Artwork by Michael Haynes

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Courthouse/Jail Building c. 1890s

postcard showing jail wing on left and former courthouse building on right
U.S. Jail
 

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Seen from the east side, this view of the jail wing and former barracks/courthouse building dates from the 1890s. By 1890, the top floor was added to the old courthouse and the full porches were removed. The new courthouse on Sixth Street was located a few blocks away from the federal jail, so prisoners had to be taken by wagon to the courtroom. In the right-hand corner of this postcard is the jail wagon. To the right of the wagon is the rear end of a cow.

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Did You Know?

Entrance to Visitor Center on south end of building

Fort Smith National Historic Site completed a major renovation of their Visitor Center in the summer of 2000.