An exhibit that explores Black slavery in the Cherokee Nation through the eyes of Freedmen and their descendants has made its way to Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Casualty rates among deputy U.S. marshals were extremely high in Indian and Oklahoma territories, but Reeves completed his long reign there unscathed while making life miserable for outlaws…white, black or Indian.
The highly anticipated, $48 million U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith, Arkansas, opened its doors to the public on July 1 complete with exhibits detailing the federal agency’s sometimes storied
Judge Isaac Parker disliked varying his habits . His pleasure was to take a leisurely stroll by the river on his way to work . Once in his office, the Judge invariably took a small tumbler of whiskey, to limber his brain. Then he read a few lines of Milton from a small volume of poetry he kept in a drawer with his six shooter.