Hi, we have many records in our family's history about this area around Ft. Smith. One family member was bushwhacked right in his own garden in front of his wife and children. Another was conscripted into the Union Army. These were men from the Nidiffer/Nidever/Neideffer family. This family of Nidiffer went on into OK at the time the territory opened up. Good report Fran, Gwen