Fort+Smith+Photos

The **Fort Smith National Historic Site** has tens of thousands of artifacts. All photos are from their archives and the thumbnails been linked to the original site, nps.gov, to provide better quality images to aid in your class presentation.

Reunion of deputy marshals posed in front of Immaculate Conception Church on Garrison Avenue in Fort Smith.

Photograph of Isaac C. Parker taken around the time he came to Fort Smith (1875).

This photograph was taken before 1888 and shows prisoners posed on the steps of the federal courthouse.

This photograph shows the former federal courthouse building. In the foreground is part of the fort walls. The City of Fort Smith began removing the fort walls in 1897.

This is the only known photograph of Judge Parker in a courtroom. It was taken in the courtroom he used for the last six years of his term. In 1890 the federal court moved from the old barracks building to a new courthouse on Sixth Street. There are no known photographs of the courtroom that was located in the former military barracks and used from 1872-1890.

The building on the right is the federal courthouse and was completed in 1890. From 1890-1896 Judge Parker heard cases in this building. On the left is the county courthouse.

These jailers and guards are posed on the steps of the old federal courthouse, adjacent to the jail wing that was built in 1888. This photo was taken after 1889.