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A special event at Fort Smith National Historic Site on April 10, 2010
A special event at Fort Smith National Historic Site on April 10 will offer the chance to interact with historical characters portraying U.S. Deputy Marshals and Chickasaw Light Horsemen. Tours of the jails, the gallows and Judge Parker's courtroom plus a photo op with a reproduction 1890 jail wagon will be followed by an outdoor screening of the movie True Grit.
Fort Smith National Historic Site has a colorful history spanning the years 1817-1896, and the stories that can be told at the park includes quite a cast of characters: soldiers, laundresses, Native Americans, federal judges and marshals, deputy marshals, jail guards, lawyers, outlaws and ordinary citizens.
The park includes the remains of two frontier forts and the Federal Court for the Western District of Arkansas. Judge Isaac C. Parker, known as the "hanging judge," presided over the court for 21 years.
This was a busy place during the court's heyday. According to the park,
The Federal Court for the Western District of Arkansas employed over a thousand men, and a few women, between the years 1872-1896. While the majority of the men were sworn in as Deputy U.S. Marshals, others served as jailers, court clerks, bailiffs, guards, posse, jail physicians, US Commissioners, and U.S. Marshals. .... more at:
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com...-true-grit5629
http://www.nps.gov/fosm/index.htm
Fort Smith National Historic Site has a colorful history spanning the years 1817-1896, and the stories that can be told at the park includes quite a cast of characters: soldiers, laundresses, Native Americans, federal judges and marshals, deputy marshals, jail guards, lawyers, outlaws and ordinary citizens.
The park includes the remains of two frontier forts and the Federal Court for the Western District of Arkansas. Judge Isaac C. Parker, known as the "hanging judge," presided over the court for 21 years.
This was a busy place during the court's heyday. According to the park,
The Federal Court for the Western District of Arkansas employed over a thousand men, and a few women, between the years 1872-1896. While the majority of the men were sworn in as Deputy U.S. Marshals, others served as jailers, court clerks, bailiffs, guards, posse, jail physicians, US Commissioners, and U.S. Marshals. .... more at:
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com...-true-grit5629
http://www.nps.gov/fosm/index.htm