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Heavy-mist fog clings to the ground.
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Foggy Fall Morning

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Park staff and volunteers demonstrating using lindstock and slowmatch to ignite the cannon's primer

Did You Know?
The soldiers who came to Fort Smith in 1817 were still using some 18th century technology and drill. The cannon was discharged using a lindstock and slowmatch to ignite the primer, which originally was loose powder or a turkey quill filled with powder.
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