Fort Smith, Ark, Sept 26, 2007

Here is some of what is left of Fort Smith, an important place in American history, even if you have never heard of it. There were 2-3 renditions of it over the years, but it changed from being a defensive outpost to being the Army's 1840's number one commissary for all of its activities further West. In the end it was a Federal courthouse and the women's prison. But it is best known to Native Americans as the beginning of the Trail of Tears.