"Gas = Man" sign on Rogers Avenue, a few blocks east of downtown Ft. Smith

Arkansas River (separating Fort Smith and Moffett, OK)

Blacksmith in Moffett, OK (poor rural town across river from Ft. Smith)

Chickens being raised just 10 blocks north of downtown

Downtown Fort Smith- Garrison Avenue

Downtown Ft. Smith- 19th c. house of ill repute turned 20th c. restaurant

Downtown Ft. Smith- 5th and Garrison; I spent a lot of time at Angelo's

Downtown Ft. Smith- 6th and Garrison, tall buildings (about 12 stories)

Downtown Ft. Smith- Old street wall

Downtown Ft. Smith- rediscovering the parking garage

Eureka Springs- grave of anti-Semitic agitator Gerald L.K. Smith, active in 50s (good mini-bio at http://www.davidmargolis.com/article.php?id=31&cat_fp=0&cat_cc=6 )

Eureka Springs- I give Mr. Smith the finger

Irish Maid Donuts on Towson Avenue- best donuts I ever had

Moffett, OK- poor little town across river from Ft. Smith; only seven blocks long or so, the main street is gravel, and the side streets are dirt

Motel where I stayed at when I first came to Ft. Smith (Downtown)

Mountainburg City Hall- I photographed this because it was so grim looking

Mountainburg- Dinosaurs still roam Arkansas

My apt bldg (1989-90) on 5th and Garrison downtown

My first Fort Smith apt. (1988)- about 10 blocks east of downtown (16th and South E, maybe?)

My office

Protestors (between state and federal courthouses); I think they were Tony Alamo's followers (alamoministries.com) protesting some litigation that didn't go their way

Rendering plant office 10 or 12 blocks north of downtown (rendering plant stank up downtown pretty often, unfortunately)

Somehow, in most of the country the phrases "Bar-B-Q" and "Delicatessen" don't go together- but Arkansas is different (even Little Rock where this photo was shot)

Texarkana

The "Don't Know Be Next Side"- unofficial boundary between relatively flat area around Ft. Smith and mountains further north

U.S. Courthouse/Post Office (where I worked)

Where the other half lives (I visited here while looking for apartments, counted umpteen roaches in five minutes)

Y City (more of a rest stop than a city, somewhere between Ft. Smith and Texarkana)-not sure what the deal is with the painted trees but thought it was photogenic

You mean people need SIGNS to be told not to bring their guns to the courthouse? (Little Rock federal courthouse)