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The Fort Smith Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is a five-county area including three Arkansas counties and two Oklahoma counties, and anchored by the city of Fort Smith, Arkansas. The total MSA population in 2000 was 273,170 people, estimated by the Bureau to have grown to 289,693 people by 2007. [2]
Fort Smith lies on the Arkansas–Oklahoma state border, situated at the confluence of the Arkansas and Poteau rivers, also known as Belle Point. Fort Smith was established as a western frontier military post in 1817, when it was also a center of fur trading. The city developed there.
The Sugarloaf Mountains-Midland Peak Natural Area is an upland area of connected mountain ridges in the Arkansas Valley adjacent to the Arkansas–Oklahoma border and south of Fort Smith, Arkansas. [1]
Parker, seeing the events in Fort Smith, requested instead to be appointed to the bench in the Western District of Arkansas. Grant acquiesced to the request and Parker was confirmed by Congress, with his appointment effective on March 19, 1875. [10] The 36-year-old judge opened court on May 10, 1875, barely a week after his arrival in Fort Smith.
The Old Military Road site near Carey, Ohio is a segment of the historic military road built in 1832 from Fort Smith, Arkansas to Fort Towson, Oklahoma. The road facilitated commerce and development in the region, particularly in the Oklahoma Territory.
She wants more people to learn about all of Fort Smith’s history and how unique it is. "Oklahoma currently is home to 39 federally recognized tribes," Gray said.
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Pocola is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma metropolitan area. The population was 4,056 in 2010, a gain of 1.6 percent over the figure of 3,994 recorded in 2000. [4] Pocola is a Choctaw word meaning "ten", the approximate distance in miles from Fort Smith, Arkansas. [5]