Fort Smith National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located in Fort Smith, Arkansas along the Arkansas River. The site was established in 1961 in order to protect the remains of two 19th-century U.S. military forts, including a building which once housed the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas. Fort Smith was also notable as a major stop along the "Trail of Tears." It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960. * The courtroom of "Hanging Judge" Isaac Parker * Site of the 1818 fort * Commissary building