Fort Smith AR, Drive Around

Drive with us around Fort Smith Arkansas. Also Know as Brick Town. Lovely little town.
Fort Smith is the second-largest city in Arkansas and one of the two county seats of Sebastian County.[4] As of the 2010 Census, the population was 86,209.[5] With an estimated population of 88,037[6] in 2017, it is the principal city of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area, a region of 298,592 residents that encompasses the Arkansas counties of Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian, and the Oklahoma counties of Le Flore and Sequoyah.
Fort Smith has a sister city relationship with Cisterna, Italy, site of the World War II Battle of Cisterna, fought by United States Army Rangers commanded by Fort Smith native William O. Darby. The city also has a mutual friendship-city relationship with Jining, China.[7][8][9]
Fort Smith lies on the Arkansas-Oklahoma state border, situated at the confluence of the Arkansas and Poteau rivers, also known as Belle Point. Fort Smith was established as a western frontier military post in 1817, when it was also a center of fur trading. The city developed there. It became well known as a base for migrants' settling of the "Wild West" and for its law enforcement heritage.
In 2007, the city of Fort Smith was selected by the United States Department of the Interior as the site of the new United States Marshals Service National Museum, slated to open in 2019.[

[@sharipowers4821]

Very beautiful place to live... I love my adopted home Town . fort Smith has lots of old history

[@shirtmaninstyle6759]

I lived in Fort Smith from 1989 to 2000 Ft Smith is filled with historical and cultural history. I owned the Ayers mansion on North 12th street. I restored the 8000 square foot 5 floor structure. It was built in 1870. The famous hanging judge Issac C Parker used to eat Sunday dinners at my old house.

[@acitoneroyal6002]

Stomping grounds, Muldrow, Roland, The Fort, Spiro, POTEAU, this whole area is candy for any historian. Pretty much that way clean to Little Rock, which is pretty storied itself.

[@jeremycombs8206]

Thanks for the video my family and myself are fixing to move to Ft. Smith this month.

[@Cowgaltingz]

You will love it there I promise

[@buzzsawyer7997]

Thanks for coming, but you need to come back with a guide. There is so much more to see! :)

[@shirtmaninstyle6759]

You once owned a vinyl siding company that scammed people

[@charityannt]

It’s too bad you didn’t keep driving down Rogers Ave. Honestly, you barely entered the town and stayed in the oldest part. You should come back and spend some time here.

[@MusicInMotion_67]

Thanks for the memories. It's been since 2002 when I left FS. You should have checked out Van Buren. Talk about historic. Their downtown area is so cool and rich in historic buildings. Benson's Grill used to be our Sunday lunch place after church every week. Small little place but amazing food.

[@8homa]

The church as you come into town is Immaculate Conception

[@Stonecoldcwbys]

I was born in Ft Smith in 1960 im 59 I live in Texas have not been back in many years but plan a trip in 2020

[@Calebjjames1]

I'm 59 and born in 1960 also

[@thebionicpig]

Thanks for the vid....I was a Army brat their (for about 6 months) in the mid 80's around the the time they were their filming Biloxi Blues (Matthew Broderick)

[@douglasdixon524]

I was in high school in March of 1987 when filming started at Ft. Chaffee and was an extra in that movie. It was alot of fun.

[@thebionicpig]

@@douglasdixon524 (I attended Ft. Smith Southside)

[@douglasdixon524]

@@thebionicpig Same here, class of 1988.

[@MusicInMotion_67]

They have the whole downtown lit up at Christmas time. I lived there for nine years and miss it horribly. That church is a catholic church/school. The big building on the right side of that church used to be the old Sparks Hospital way back when which was converted into an apartment building.

[@sharipowers4821]

Sorry my friend.. it was the old saint Edwards hospital...

[@sharipowers4821]

It was the old saint Edwards hospital

[@MusicInMotion_67]

@@sharipowers4821 I had to double check that. I'll be darned. I always thought it was the original location of Sparks Hospital. Thank you for the correction. I miss FS terribly. I live in CO now and although I love it here, I miss FS.

[@caylonmustiful9746]

If You would have kept straight on rogers you would have saw the great side of town.

[@thecarolinabull01]

Used to live in Muldrow, OK when I was a kid which was right across the border from Fort Smith, though we lived in Fort Smith too. Wish you'd have gone on a little while longer though. I'd never move back there, but I would like to visit one day to relive the nostalgia.

[@thediehardarkansasrazorbak7288]

God I miss home!!!!

[@J_ramo828]

cool

[@michaelward9167]

I want to move back to Fort Smith in the worst way.

[@8homa]

Me too

[@thediehardarkansasrazorbak7288]

Me 3!

[@Stonecoldcwbys]

That red brick building just behind the church that you got a shot of was a hospital called St Marys and I was born there!! now I beleave it is apt's? or condo's??

[@douglasdixon524]

I always knew it as Saint Edwards Hospital.

[@entertainmentfortsmithmaga5827]

Thanks for the video but Fort Smith is not known as "Brick Town."

[@buzzsawyer7997]

I wonder where that came from?

[@williamhaynes4800]

@@buzzsawyer7997 Acme Brick Company was located on Old Greenwood Road. It's gone out of business now, but they shipped red bricks all over the country. I was vacationing in NYC a few years ago and found some of the old streets were paved with Acme bricks, a lot in Harlem.

[@lancegodfrey8649]

Acme brick still has a sales office there they just don’t fire brick anymore . my dad was a salesman there from 1966 for 25-30 years I was two when we moved here from Little Rock . After Acme brick my father and Mr. Black had Godfrey and Black Brick and Stone for several years .as they retired Two wonderful people took over, Mr. and Mrs. Pratt,still a thriving business.

[@douglasdixon524]

He probably got that from Bricktown Brewery as he passed it on Garrison Ave.

[@_xr3tr0zxsayun11]

He passed by my house 😂

[@Goldie-kw5ju]

is Arkansas a nice place to move to

[@th3challenger895]

@@Goldie-kw5ju it honestly is,if you like nature and peaceful life.The rent is really cheap for houses.We moved from California to Fort Smith like 4 months ago.Its boring for some people because there isn't much places like malls and stores you can go to,the restaurants close rather early.None like California that they have some restaurants open pas 12.But if you like nature this is the place for you

[@yeetyasan2323]

I live in Fort Smith Fort Smith Gang Where y'all at

[@milesputman730]

YEET YASAN right here

[@kevinleon2322]

Ate

[@jmendez2459]

Here

[@TDOLLA]

so in a video I just watched this woman is claiming there is a lot of meth and even like a mexican cartel presence in Fort Smith, AR. Does this sound familiar?

[@TroubleToby3040]

@@TDOLLA I don't really know about cartel, but there is plenty o' meth for countless miles around. Not really just a "Fort Smith" thing but an "everywhere in the South" thing. Never heard anyone say there was cartel around, but it isn't out of the question, I suppose.

[@Cowgaltingz]

Ah yes home sweet home

[@Stonecoldcwbys]

Funny I watched this again and in screen 340 he said this is a apt bld. lol red brick bld it use to be St Marys Hosp. I was born there lol

[@august4791]

That red brick building behind the church was St. Edwards. Never heard it called St. Marys

[@8homa]

I was born there in 52, but it was St. Edward's

[@danielmcpike8890]

I'm in that area

[@Stonecoldcwbys]

you still live in Ft, Smith Jack ??

[@eamonnquigley2125]

is this the famous fort smith made famous by the western movies.............................

[@TroubleToby3040]

True Grit and Lonesome Dove have scenes here, yes. Historic Judge Parker's Courthouse.

[@ravenkurtz2359]

Now you can see the homeless people. This place sucks! Ive been a victim of crime 5 times!

[@TroubleToby3040]

On the other hand, I've lived here my whole (middle aged) life and have always loved it and know MANY who do. I'm not disparaging your view, but it always gets me when people try to present their view as "fact" as you have. Why not just say YOU don't care for it? Also, what are you doing here that you've been a five-time crime victim? I can't recall ever being victimized and I'm 47. I may be forgetting something, but FIVE TIMES?! Seems odd. Anyway, only real point was, opinions vary on Ft Smith as they do everywhere. 🤷‍♂️

[@glozzomtu]

i mean i spend a lot of time in the north side and have never been a victim of crime…

[@rogerthornhill1547]

Rather strange route after the Northside HS turnaround. When was this made? And why?

[@jholyroller6048]

I live in Fort Smith must my life still here and that church is it Satan Church man that's the Catholic cathedral man are the wrong type of Christian or not real yeah but it's a nice Town that's why I stay here thank God put me here for a reason but yes I'm a believer in Jesus and that church ain't the right Jesusthe other night or counted awesome beautiful enjoy

[@zieramae]

It is not a pretty happy place the people are so rude

[@Hopeguz3]

I’m like if this man don’t stop lying. 😂

[@zieramae]

CeCe W righttttttttt

[@claraht.6999]

@ Fair minded people 👋

[@TroubleToby3040]

I've lived in FS my whole life and have never found a place with kinder, more polite people. Anywhere. To some extent, it's the company you keep, much more than the town you live in, anyway, but this town has far more than its share of good/great people.

[@christiank.bagleyofficial736]

I grew up going to school in Fort Smith and lived there for years. You're right. A lot of people in Fort Smith are so low class they don't even seem to realize that they're basically trash.