Welcome to Fort Smith, Arkansas!
Photo of Old Fort Days in Fort Smith provided by Division of Arkansas Tourism
Welcome to the Fort Smith Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, chartered in Fort Smith, Arkansas!
On May 24, 1912, State Regent Mrs. James William Noel completed the organization of the Martha Baker Thurman Chapter of Fort Smith. It was the eleventh Arkansas chapter, and was named in honor of the granddaughter of John Baker, a Revolutionary ancestor of the Organizing Regent, Helen McCarthy Handlin.
On December 7. 1960, members voted to change the chapter name to the Fort Smith Chapter.
The National Society, founded in 1890 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., is a non-profit, non-political, volunteer women’s service organization.
On December 7. 1960, members voted to change the chapter name to the Fort Smith Chapter.