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
February 2014
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- February 2014 Events
- Rough Drafts 2/14
- A Courageous Standoff
- Mary Jane Colter
- The Fountain Murders
- Did Custer Die in This Coat?
- On the High Plains Trail of Hall of Fame Western Writers
- Top 10 True Western Towns of 2014
- Who Has Buffalo Bill’s Medal?
- The Dedicated Women Behind the Earp Men
- The Assassination of Pat Garrett
- What clothing was issued to the cavalry troops in the Old West?
- Kelo Henderson
- Ford, Faith and Poetry
- The Celluloid Kid
- The Black West: Real and Imagined
- Love in the West
- American Hero Rediscovered
- Did anyone ever try to rob a riverboat?
- What is the origin of the shot glass?
- What can you tell me about Billy the Kid’s brother?
- What were water troughs made of?
- Were knives more expensive than firearms in the Old West?
- Jay Dusard’s Favorite Reads
- Talking Dutch
- Hamming it Up
- One Killer Burger
- The West’s Most Western Town