Fort Smith and Sebastian County - (Images of America) by Lola Shropshire (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>From its establishment as a settlement known as<br>La Belle Pointe in 1817, to the founding of the town<br>of Fort Smith by John Rogers in 1839, to its present-day<br>life as a thriving community full of civic energy, the<br>area at the junction of the Poteau and Arkansas Rivers<br>has a long and colorful history.<br>In Fort Smith and Sebastian County, you are invited to<br>take a visual tour of the area as it was in the early days, <br>when the town of Fort Smith was located near the heart<br>of the Outlaw Territory. Learn about the impact that<br>outlaws such as Belle Starr, Cherokee Bill and the Rufus<br>Buck Gang, and Smoker Mankiller had on the area, <br>and discover why, on the floor of Congress, Judge Isaac<br>Parker s courthouse was described as a slaughterhouse. <br>Also included in this collection are early snapshots<br>of local landmarks including the Goldman Hotel, the<br>Coca-Cola Bottling Plant, and the Union Station<br>Train Depot, as well as rare images of Sebastian County<br>residents at work and at play."
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