by Do South | Jun 1, 2018 | People
[title subtitle=”words: Tom Wing, Historian and Author images: courtesy Fort Smith Museum of History”][/title] Cisterna, Italy, and Fort Smith, Arkansas, are sister cities, a designation of love and respect that started during World War II. As a part of...
by Do South | May 1, 2018 | People
[title subtitle=”words: Tom Wing, Historian and Author images: Tom Wing and the Fort Smith National Historic Site”][/title] In 1996 I started a seasonal job as a park ranger at Fort Smith National Historic Site that would change my life and career. A...
by Do South | Mar 31, 2018 | People
[title subtitle=”words: Tom Wing, Historian images: Mad Buffalo by George Catlin courtesy of the Gilcrease Museum via Tom Wing; Photo of Martin Scott courtesy of the Bennington Museum via Tom Wing “][/title] Fort Smith’s history includes a number of...
by Do South | Mar 1, 2018 | People
[title subtitle=”words: Tom Wing, Historian image: courtesy Tom Wing via the New York Historical Society and Fort Smith National Historic Site “][/title] Women in 19th century Fort Smith have much to teach us in the “Bicentennial School.” In many cases,...
by Do South | Jan 1, 2018 | People
[title subtitle=”words: Tom Wing, Historian”][/title] Fort Smith was founded on Christmas Day, 1817, and since then has had its share of successes and failures, triumphs and tragedies, hard times and abundance. Our city certainly has a compelling story,...