Historic Attractions
Relive 200 years of history through stories and reenactments of outlaws, lawmen, soldiers, Native Americans, and prominent historical figures that played an important role in shaping not only Fort Smith, but the American West and even the U.S. Military.
514 North 6th Street
479-783-3000
Tour The Clayton House and step back in time to 1882, the year William Henry Harrison Clayton moved his family to support the true grit effort to restore peace and justice to Indian Territory (modern-day Oklahoma).
At The Clayton House, you will get…
215 North 6th Street
479-782-9912
On Easter Sunday, 1900, St. John's Episcopal Church welcomed its awed, joyous and thankful members into a new building. That structure had its visionary cornerstone laid more than fifty-five years earlier when The Right Reverend Leonidas Polk, Missio…
1315 S Albert Pike Ave
479-783-4147
To arrange an interior tour of the new monastery building, please call (479) 783-4147 by 5 PM and at least one day in advance.
St. Scholastica Monastery is listed on the National Register of Historic Places due to its influence in the areas of Educa…
22 North 13th Street
479-783-7963
The founding and initial growth of our Parish coincides with the exodus of Catholics from Ireland during the 1840s and 1850¹s. The first Irish Catholic in Fort Smith was Michael Manning, who came here to work on the construction of the fort in 1840.…
1401 South Greenwood Avenue
479-784-1006
Oak Cemetery is recognized as a National Historic Landmark based on over 152 years of documented history.The oldest monument, dated 1842, the same year Fort Smith was incorporated, marks the grave of Captain Gookin.
The cemetery continues to capture…