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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R7Z_the-phoenix-block_Fort-Smith-AR.html
From 1836 to 1878, the log cabin of Jeremiah and Sophia Kannady stood on the present-day 500 block of Garrison Avenue. In that cabin Kannady's uncle John Rogers, founder of the city, died in 1860. In 1877, Kannady sold land around his cabin to mak…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R7P_vogel-wallace_Fort-Smith-AR.html
In December 1878, Teddy Vogel and Michael C. Wallace bought the old rough hewn log store building and home that had been been [sic] constructed on this lot circa 1845 by Samuel Boothe. They razed the log structure and began building a stout, stone…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R7C_marble-hall-in-1863_Fort-Smith-AR.html
Marble Hall, the oldest building on Garrison Avenue, was built in 1859 by Ethelbert Britton Bright. Judging from the surviving newspapers ads, his mercantile store held the very wonders of the world, steadily supplied by steamboats docking at the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R7B_1908-reunion-of-u-s-marshals_Fort-Smith-AR.html
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QK8_great-cyclone-at-fort-smith_Fort-Smith-AR.html
A cyclone, carrying death and destruction in its wake, visited Fort Smith at 11:15 p.m. on Tuesday, January 11, 1898. Out of the western skies on an unusually balmy night came first an epic show of lightning followed by heavy winds. Then with the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QK7_first-national-bank_Fort-Smith-AR.html
In 1888, First National Bank built its first bank building, a modest two-story brick building at South Sixth and Garrison. A few years into the 20th century, bank president Samuel McLoud ordered plans drawn up for what would be the tallest buildin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QK5_vietnam-war-memorial_Fort-Smith-AR.html
This monument is dedicated to the brave sons of Sebastian County, Arkansas, who, in the defense of freedom in South Vietnam, made the supreme sacrifice. In a controversial, complex and diverse struggle, they answered the call of their country in a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QK4_the-new-theatre-in-1911_Fort-Smith-AR.html
Ten years before the outbreak of the Civil War, the Old Red Mill stood on the future site of the New Theatre. The mill was used as a hospital during the Civil War, was damaged by the 1898 cyclone and finally disappeared around 1908. On the back se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QK3_sebastian-county-seat-of-justice_Fort-Smith-AR.html
The permanent seat of justice in Sebastian County, created in 1851 was located on a site to which was given the name of Greenwood. In 1861 another court house was erected at Ft. Smith and since then the county has maintained two seats of justice. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QK2_our-confederate-dead_Fort-Smith-AR.html
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