First Fort Smith
First Fort Smith is a historic site in Upper Township, Sebastian, Arkansas. First Fort Smith is situated nearby to Trail of Tears Overlook, as well as near Initial Point Marker.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Smith National Historic Site and Fort Smith Trolley Museum.
Fort Smith National Historic Site
Park
Photo: Photolitherland, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Smith National Historic Site is a National Historic Site located in Fort Smith, Arkansas, along the Arkansas River. The first fort at this site was established by the United States in 1817, before this area was established as part of Indian Territory.
Fort Smith Trolley Museum
Museum
Photo: Steve Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fort Smith Trolley Museum is a streetcar and railroad museum in Fort Smith, in the U.S. state of Arkansas, which includes an operating heritage streetcar line. Fort Smith Trolley Museum is situated 980 feet southeast of First Fort Smith.
Fort Smith Museum of History
Museum
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The Fort Smith Museum of History is located at 320 Rogers Avenue in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The museum is devoted to presenting the history of Fort Smith and the surrounding region. Fort Smith Museum of History is situated 1,200 feet east of First Fort Smith.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Smith and Moffett.
Fort Smith
Photo: Brandonrush, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort Smith is in northwest Arkansas and borders Oklahoma. It is the county seat of Sebastian County. The city has a population of 80,286 which makes it the third largest city in Arkansas behind Little Rock and Fayetteville.
Moffett
Village
Moffett is a town in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Moffett had a population of 38.
Arkoma
Village
Arkoma is a town in LeFlore County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Arkoma had a population of 1,806. The name of the town is a portmanteau of Arkansas and Oklahoma, given its location on the border between the two states. Arkoma is situated 2½ miles south of First Fort Smith.
First Fort Smith
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Categories: tourism, historic site, and fort
- Location: Upper Township, Sebastian, Arkansas, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.3877° or 35° 23′ 16″ northLongitude
-94.43253° or 94° 25′ 57″ westOpen location code
86779HQ8+3XOpenStreetMap ID
way 125119975OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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