Women during the 1800's had greater freedom and more opportunities

Had more freedom than women in the east

Common business for women were laundries, baking,housecleaning, etc.

Several women owned boarding houses

It is untrue whit Europeans settlers were always at war with Indians

Trade and cooperation with the Indians were much more common than conflict and violence

Militias were important to the American west before state wars

The violence in the old west is mostly a myth

Much of the violence that was believed to happen never really did

The office of US Marshall's were created more than 200 years ago

Marshall's have authority to support federal courts within their judicial districts

Marshall's provide local representation for their federal government

They took the national census every 10 years through 1870

Fort smith is the second largest city in Arkansas

Had an estimated population of 87,443

Fort Smith lies on the Arkansas-Oklahoma state border

2007 Fort Smith was selected by the US department of the Interior to be the location of the new US Marshals Service National Museum

Kansas had been attacked by raiders over anti slavery

Kansas was the center of fire storm violence

William Clarke Quantrill led one of the most vicious bloody encounters of the civil war

William was a school teacher in 1859 in Kansas

He led an organized small band of raiders

The high point of Quantrill's raiders was when they sacked the town of Lawrence and left as many as 183 dead