Arkansas
Fort Smith (Sebastian County)
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Buttons and buckles
Clay pipe stemsAlso reported: Frontier military post and Arkansas River gateway to Indian Territory. Riverfront, ordnance.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Arkansas River
Long military and border-trade history layered under a large 1886 city; avoid the protected federal fort parcel and work only permitted private ground.
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