#1 Fort Smith, Arkansas Location is everything in real estate. It’s also pretty darned important in history. The western Arkansas town of Fort Smith sits tucked in a bend of the Arkansas River, up against the border of what was once the Indian Territory, on the very edge of the Wild West. Its proximity to those lawless and unsettled lands shaped the history and people of Fort Smith in a way that still fires the imagination, which is why this town is not only a prime destination for Old We


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