5 • Fort Smith, Arkansas Talk about mission impossible. The federal court at Fort Smith was charged with keeping the peace in the Indian Territory, a vast and untamed land where many of the Old West’s most famous lawmen and notorious outlaws crossed paths. But that thankless task is what makes Fort Smith so revered by history buffs and attractive to tourists today. A good place to start a visit is Miss Laura’s Social Club, a former sporting house that now serves as the town’s official v


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