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"Perspective Map of Fort Smith, Ark., County Seat of Fort Smith District of Sebastian County, 1887, population 17,500" was first printed in 1887, but scanned here for the Web site from a reprinting done in 1976 for Merchants National Bank to mark the Bicentennial.Only 5,000 copies were reprinted. This section of the map depicts the part of the city just northeast of Garrison Avenue in the central residential part of the city, including the present day Belle Grove Historic District.