by Do South | Aug 1, 2021 | People
[title subtitle=”WORDS Dwain Hebda IMAGES Rival CRE and courtesy Lloyd Sumpter”][/title] For eight years in the Oklahoma Army National Guard, Lloyd Sumpter honed his soldiering skills at Fort Chaffee in Fort Smith. He couldn’t have known then that life...
by Do South | Mar 1, 2020 | People
[title subtitle=”WORDS Dwain Hebda IMAGE courtesy Kat Wilson”][/title] Fort Chaffee is one of the most historic spots in Fort Smith, to say nothing of the entire state of Arkansas. Established in 1941 as Camp Chaffee, the base has been home to German POWs,...
by Do South | Feb 3, 2020 | News & Events
Rob Coleman of real estate development company ERC has hired artist Kat Wilson to curate a visual arts program at the HUB at Providence in Chaffee Crossing. Wilson is developing the program in keeping with Coleman’s mission to create multi-dimensional spaces that...
by Do South | Feb 1, 2020 | People
[title subtitle=”WORDS Dwain Hebda IMAGES Dwain Hebda, Amy Adams and courtesy Fort Smith Brewing Company”][/title] The rows of former Army barracks at Chaffee Crossing jut straight and rigid as a platoon leader’s chin. Little distinguishes one from the...
by Do South | Nov 1, 2015 | People
[title subtitle=”words: Marla Cantrell Images: courtesy Chaffee Historic District”][/title] The long history of Fort Chaffee begins with an equally long name: Major General Adna Romanza Chaffee, Jr. Born in 1884, in Kansas, he died in 1941, in Boston, and...