Emily and I like visiting state capitols — we toured ten on a road trip we took in 1998. We always circumnavigate the building counter-clockwise and take our photo on the steps (Emily often running to pose after setting the timer on her camera). Emily has the state capitol photos of us from this trip; they may or may not show up on NMK in the future.
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[A little more about Little Rock and a better photo of the high school from 2006: Little Rock 49 years later.]
Old bridge across the Arkansas River. Photo taken in front of the William J. Clinton Presidential Library, Little Rock.
Arkansas State Capitol, Little Rock, built 1899-1915.
Detail from Arkansas State Capitol.
Little Rock Central High School, site of 1957 desegregation crisis. The Mobil station has been preserved. It was a gathering place for the crowd and had the only nearby pay telephone for reporters. Photo taken inside National Historic Site visitor center; I made it black and white intentionally. The high school building is quite impressive; it’s still a school.
Main remaining building Fort Smith, Fort Smith Arkansas. The fort was active from 1817-1824 and 1838-1871 and as federal court 1872-1896.
Fort Smith was the site of the Federal district court for the Western District of Arkansas 1872-1896. This is a replica of the gallows where 86 men were hanged 1873-1896. Six was the most in any one day. In all, Judge Issac Parker sentenced 160 men to hang.
Painted on a sidewalk at Fort Smith National Historic Site.
The Arkansas River at Fort Smith National Historic Site. This bluff was the location of the first fort, 1817-1824.