Fort Smith Drawing

Drawing of a view looking across the Arkansas River to Fort Smith (Sebastian County); circa 1853.

River with steamboat and town in the background and fort with American flag flying surrounded by trees

From the Historic Sites photograph collection (BC.PHO.15), courtesy of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Central Arkansas Library System

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