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Fort Smith National Historic Site
Fort Smith
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Judge Parker — the 'Hanging Judge' — presided over 160 executions at this frontier court. The gallows were designed to hang up to six men simultaneously. Rangers and visitors document apparitions of condemned men at the gallows site, a figure in judicial robes in the courtroom, and the sound of the trap door opening and chains when the site is empty.
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🔒 Classified Field Investigation Notes
Parker's private docket notes, held at the University of Arkansas, include 12 entries describing defendants who 'could not be seen by all present in the courtroom' — written in a different ink from his other notations.
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35.3862°N, 94.4273°W
