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Fort Smith: Vanguard of Western Frontier History -- $12.95
This book, authored by Billy D. Higgins, Associate Professor of History at the University of Arkansas, Fort Smith, provides an overview of the park's history and significance.
The seventy-two page book, printed on high quality paper, is illustrated with full color historical and re-enactment photographs (some of which appear in a publication for the first time), period artwork, maps, and vignettes of people and events significant to the development of Fort Smith. The narrative that is derived from primary sources and recent scholarship highlights natural history, social history, and military history, and is divided into twelve chapters.
Funding for this publication was provided by Eastern National.