Downtown Attractions
906 Garrison Avenue
479-434-4343
906 Cocktail & Cigar Lounge is dedicated to creating a comfortable environment for ALL of our guests. Our state-of-the-art ventilation system was designed to maintain a pleasant and enjoyable environment by replacing the air in the lounge every 4 min…
2 North B Street
479-783-8888
or Toll-Free: 800-637-1477
Our Visitor Center, "Miss Laura's Social Club," is located inside of Fort Smith's historic downtown area and sits alongside the Arkansas River.
Out of seven "row houses" that lined Fort Smith's Old West red light district, Miss Laura's is the only ho…
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…
301 Parker Avenue
479-783-3961
Though it originated from a need to keep the peace between the area's feuding tribes in 1817, the fort would be abandoned in 1824 and repurposed 14 years later for the Federal policy that relocated Native Americans to new territory. That policy would…
1001 Garrison Avenue
479-784-2368
William Orlando Darby was born in Fort Smith on February 8, 1911, to Percy and Nell Darby. Following graduation from Fort Smith High School in 1929, he received an appointment to the United States Military academy at West Point, New York.
After gradu…
21 North 4th St.
479-226-3131
Belle Starr Antiques provides 8,000 square feet filled with more than 60 vendors specializing in vintage/antique wares!
Garrison Avenue
Located along historic downtown Fort Smith's Garrison Avenue, the below video timeline can be used in conjunction with the 12 large bronze historic plaques that tell parts of the city's story and dive deeper into our 200-year history. If you have a…
301 Parker Avenue
479-783-3961
At Fort Smith National Historic Site you can walk where Mexican War & Civil War soldiers drilled, pause along the Trail of Tears, and stand where justice was served to some of the most vile outlaws of The Wild West. The park includes:
Belle Point (Si…
1601 Rogers Avenue
479-784-2787
A fine arts museum showcasing rotating contemporary exhibitions, annual competitions, and permanent collection work. RAM offers opening receptions, galas, members-only events, lectures, artist-led workshops and children’s art camps.
The January 2013…