Fort Smith's history comes to life through stories of individuals and events.
Second Fort Smith Confederate Attack on Fort Smith 1864 more...
Trail of Tears In the 1830s thousands of American Indians were forced from their ancestral lands. more...
Lady Bird Johnson Dedicates Fort Smith NHS Fort Smith was officially dedicated as a unit of the National Park Service in 1964 more...
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.