Fort Smith & The Hanging Judge - Part 2

After visiting the Ft. Smith Museum of History, Lil Dude took a stroll down the road to see the actual Fort Smith of the 1800's and the courthouse of The Hanging Judge, Isaac Parker.

Entrance to the Fort Smith National Historic Site

The courthouse where The Hanging Judge proclaimed death by hanging
to evil doers.

One of the jail cells where condemned men & women waited to be hanged.

One of the prisoner wagons used by U.S. Marshals to bring back evil men
from the Indian Territory for trial in front of Judge Parker.

One of the original cannon's in the service of the U.S. Army in the 1800's.

Check out Part 1 of this entry here.