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Proud Recipients of Four
2008
Arkansas Historical Association

First Place Awards

Best - Local or County Journal
Best - Article
    "Escape to America - 1975"
     by Melanie Speers Wiggins
Best - Autobiography
     by Orville Bittle
Best - Use of Graphics

Watch an excerpt from the Fort Smith Historical Society's interview with Pearl Harbor Survivor Emery 'Swede' Lundquist

This Month's Highlighted Article

Washington Cemetery
An African American Burial Ground

For the Active History Buff

Why Not Explore Fort Smith's Rich Civil War History on Your Own?

Massard Prairie Battlefield Park - Brochure

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From the Archives of Fort Smith history.

Fort Smith's First TV Station — KFSA
"Welcome to Chaffee" booklet
The Great Cyclone at Fort Smith
R.C. Goodman, World War II interview
Execution of Bushwhackers
Coughing Up a Bullet (test design)
Fort Smith Was Location for Silent Films
Interview with David Matlock, 2004
Marquardt's Ghost

Be Careful What You Say
Fort Smith's First Flight
Radio Center images
Flag and Field
Dedication of the City Flag
The 1907 Ordinance
Town Branch
A Five Mile Journey Under Fort Smith
The World's Largest Sorghum Mill

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