Ft. Smith Maps

1870-Official Guide reprint

1878 Map of Ft.Smith, larger version

Contributed by Chuck Raney
1887

Contributed by H. E. Huber
Section of 1887 Map

Contributed by John Dill
1889

1892 Sanborn Maps of downtown Ft. Smith

Contributed by John Dill
1903 plat of downtown, larger version

Contributed by H. E. Huber
1903 Map of Ft. Smith from SF Jct. to where AC connects to SLSF. Larger Version

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Contributed by John Dill
Sections of another 1903 Map

1914 map of South Ft. Smith

Contributed by John Dill
Fort Smith Depots: 24 - Missouri Pacific Depot; 25 - Union Station (Frisco & Kansas CIty Southern); 26 - Fort Smith & Western Depot; 27 - Midland Valley Depot. Click here for a version showing more of the city.

Contributed by Joe Wasson
This is the Poteau River pump station. Note that it was once served by a rail spur from the Frisco.

1947 topomap of the Braden Bend area showing Ft. Smith.
This map shows the 1943? washout of the Braden Bend area that took out the KCS direct line in Ft. Smith.
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1947 USGS Topo Map of Ft. Smith

Map of Sebastian County

Contributed by John Dill
Mansfield Branch of Frisco

Contributed by John Dill
Maps of the MV in the Excelsior, AR area.

Map of Little Rock & Ft. Smith Railroad

Contributed by John Dill

I looked this up on my "official" Frisco map. (Unfortunately it's rounded to the nearest year).
*St.Louis, Ark & Texas R.R. Co. of Ark. Rogers to Fayetteville, 1881 *St. Louis, Arkansas & Texas Ry. Co (consolidated) Fayette Jct to Van Buren 1882 It also shows the same company on the Fort Smith side of the river in 1882.
*Ft. Smith & Van Buren Bridge Co. (the Arkansas River bridge stretch) is dated 1886
*The track south from Fort Smith to Jensen is dated 1886 as well. From Jenson toward Paris Texas is dated 1887. This (south of Fort Smith) is labled Ft. Smith and Southern.

Per this map, that was apparently the enity the Frisco used to build some or all of that section. In that case, Fishback may have just been acting as an agent (publicly or otherwise) for the Frisco at the time. The "Mansfield Branch" of the Frisco (Jensen to Mansfield, 1886) was built as the Little Rock & Texas Ry Co.

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