by Do South | Oct 1, 2023 | Featured, People
If it weren’t for physical resemblance and an encyclopedic knowledge of his subject, there’s nothing in mild-mannered Floyd Robison that would suggest anything in common with a figure as notorious as frontier judge and Fort Smith legend Isaac Parker. But look a little...
by Do South | Jan 1, 2021 | People
[title subtitle=”WORDS Dwain Hebda IMAGES courtesy Fort Smith Convention and Visitors Bureau”][/title] The first and most obvious question to be asked of Carolyn Joyce, a woman who’s spent nearly thirty years impersonating one of Fort Smith’s most...
by Do South | Mar 1, 2020 | People
[title subtitle=”WORDS Dwain Hebda IMAGES Dwain Hebda and courtesy U.S. Marshals Museum”][/title] U.S. Marshals Museum reaches milestone, looks to future Of all the materials used to build the gleaming yet understated United States Marshals Museum, perched...
by Do South | Jul 31, 2018 | People
[title subtitle=”words: Tom Wing, Historian and Author images: courtesy Fort Smith Museum of History”][/title] Life is full of seemingly insignificant situations, and surface-level associations that at the time appear to be only a temporary means to an...
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...