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Fort Smith National Historic Site Newly sworn-in young American citizens and their families raise the huge garrison flag at the park.
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Fort Smith National Historic Site
People at First Fort Smith (1817-1824)
 

The first Fort Smith was established by Major William Bradford and a company of the U.S. Rifle Regiment in December 1817 to maintain peace between local Osage Indians and emigrating Cherokees. 

The 1822 Treaty of Fort Smith, negotiated by Col. Mathew Arbuckle, then the fort's commanding officer, and Indian Commissioner James Miller, reconciled most of the difficulties between the Osage and the Cherokee.
13th Kansas lined up in downtown Fort Smith 1864
Units Stationed At Fort Smith 1817-1871
List of Companies and Detachments at Fort Smith
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