Fort Gibson: Fort Smith to the West The Plight of Civil War The 1985 Calamity Orphans and the founding Fort Smith’s On Van Buren’s of the Rosalie Tilles Great Awakening Main Street Children’s Home: Part I Vol. 37, No. 2, September 2013 MISSION: The mission of the Fort Smith Historical Society, Inc., founded in 1977, is to publish The Journal of the Fort Smith Historical Society and through The Journal and other activities to locate, identify and collect historical data; to publish source materials and historical articles, all pertaining to the City of Fort Smith and the immediate surrounding area. Preservation of Fort Smith history is our primary mission and to this end, we always welcome the loan of Fort Smith historical material and will return it promptly. MEMBERSHIP & ORDERS: Journal back issues are QUESTIONS pertaining to the Fort Smith Historical available. Cost for the current issue is $7.50 plus a $2 Society or The Journal should be addressed via e-mail to: mailing charge per copy. Cost for past issues is $4 plus Mary Jeanne Black
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