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Fort Smith National Historic Sitehistoric sketch of Parker, jury men and others
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Fort Smith National Historic Site
August 6, 1886 Execution
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On August 6, 1886 Kit Ross was executed for the crime of murder.  On December 20, 1885 he shot and killed Johnathan Davis. Though wounded, Davis chased Ross for seventy-five yards and wounded him twice before Davis began to weaken from the loss of blood. Davis died that night. Citizens gathered a reward of $150 for Ross' capture and six weeks later he was apprehended.
Entrance to Visitor Center on south end of building  

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

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