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Fort Smith National Historic Site
September 2006 Artifact
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Collection of FOSM

Stereocard showing old fort walls in foreground with quartermaster and courthouse buildings.

 

 

SEPTEMBER 2006 
 ARTIFACT OF THE MONTH

Stereocard of Fort Smith Courthouse and grounds
c. 1870-80s
Photograph
Fentress Collection
FOSM - 130 CAT 2746

Description: Winter scene of east-side of courthouse building. Quartermaster Storehouse on left. Wall tents on outside of north wall.

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Interior of jail cell with box for prisoners to visit with their lawyers  

Did You Know?
The conditions at the federal jail at Fort Smith were so horrible that it received the nickname "Hell on the Border." Up to 50 men were crowded into one large cell with limited ventilation and poor sanitary conditions.

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