Historic furnishings report - The Fort Smith courtroom
Demer J. 2005. Historic furnishings report - The Fort Smith courtroom. Historic Furnishing Reports. Harpers Ferry Center
This historic furnishings report summarizes primary evidence of objects in the courtroom for the years 1872 to 1883; it then recommends objects appropriate for a historic furnishing of the courtroom to the appearance of the room in 1883. The principal reason the report recommends 1883 as the date of interpretation is that a description of the contemporary appearance of the courtroom appears in a secondary account of a trial occurring in that year. The trail was that of Mat Music, an accused man who tried to escape during his trial by diving through a doorway to the right of Judge Parker. More detail about that trial and the newspaper description come later in this report.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Demer, John
- Date of Issue
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harpers Ferry Center
- Units
- FOSM , HIST
- Keywords
- Administration, Cultural Resources, ehistory, Fort Smith, furnishings, historical structures, Preservation