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Remembered today as the "prince of Hangmen", Maledon's actual work at Fort Smith is much more difficult to document. He stopped working for the federal court in 1894, and began traveling the area with a tent display showing gallows relics, including nooses and photographs of the men who died on the gallows. [1]
Designated. December 19, 1960. 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. It was later replaced and the second fort was operated by ...
Judge Isaac C. Parker, Hanging Judge Gallows Ft. Smith Arkansas. Judge Parker served as U.S. District Judge 1875–1896. He was nicknamed the "Hanging Judge": in his first term after assuming his post, he tried 18 people for murder, convicted 15 of them, and sentenced eight of those to die. Six of these men were later hanged on the same day.
"There's so much to the history of Fort Smith: the city itself, but then also how it relates to Indian territory and all of that history," Gray said. This historic site is known for a number of ...
Isaac Charles Parker (October 15, 1838 – November 17, 1896), also known as "Hanging Judge" Parker, was an American politician and jurist.He served as a United States representative (congressman) in two separate districts subsequently from Missouri and was appointed as the first United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas (sitting in ...
The United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas had recently moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas, and W. H. H. Clayton moved to Fort Smith when he took the U.S. Attorney position. In 1882, Clayton purchased an old house in the downtown area of Fort Smith, which he enlarged and renovated. Clayton and his family lived in this ...
The Rufus Buck Gang was an outlaw Native American gang whose members were Creek Indian and African American. [ 1] Their crime spree took place in the Indian Territory of the Arkansas – Oklahoma area from July 30, 1895, through August 4, 1895. Formed by Rufus Buck, the gang consisted also of Lewis Davis, Sam Sampson, Maoma July, and Lucky ...
1867. MPS. Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS. NRHP reference No. 99000578 [1] Added to NRHP. May 20, 1999. Fort Smith National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located at Garland Avenue and Sixth Street in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas. It encompasses 22.3 acres (9.0 ha), and as of the end of 2005, had 13,127 interments.