{"product_id":"fort-smith-little-gibraltar-on-the-arkansas-2nd-edition-paperback","title":"Fort Smith: Little Gibraltar on the Arkansas, 2nd edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdwin C. Bearss\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eArrell Morgan Gibson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo history of the West is complete without the story of Fort Smith, the fort that \"refused to die.\" Established in 1817, Fort Smith was repeatedly abandoned and reoccupied during the following fifty years, eventually becoming the mother post of the Southwest. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The original fort was installed on the Arkansas River by Major William Bradford and a company of the Rifles Regiment. Bradford's mission was to stop a bloody war between the Osages and the Cherokees, a conflict discouraging the emigration of eastern Indians to the lands west of the Mississippi and thereby interfering with the government's removal policy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During the Civil War, Confederate armies at Wilson's Creek, Pea Ridge, and Prairie Grove were supplied from Fort Smith, and the Rebel force that crushed Opothleyoholo's band marched from Fort Smith. The fort was taken by Federal troops in September 1863 and served as a Union base for the remainder of the Civil War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1871 the army again abandoned the fort, but the Federal Court for the Western District of Arkansas soon moved in. Under Judge Isaac Parker, the renowned \"Hanging Judge of Fort Smith,\" the court became a force for law and order in much of Indian Territory.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.04 x 8.11 x 5.41 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 1979\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773639786784,"sku":"9780806112329","price":39.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5d29eb9f37b51e748b7249281cc9f0c4_49d08c63-d187-4ab3-9f98-00ba2e36233d.webp?v=1780429623","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/fort-smith-little-gibraltar-on-the-arkansas-2nd-edition-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}