CHAFFEE CROSSING
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CHAFFEE CROSSING FEW PLACES IN ARKANSAS exude military history like Fort Smith, from the city’s namesake frontier post to the stately National Cemetery downtown, to Fort Chaffee, an Army installation built as the nation teetered on the brink of World War II. During its active duty, Fort Chaffee served many functions training U.S. soldiers, housing POWs and processing refugees. And, for three days in 1958, it famously hosted one Elvis Aron Presley, soon to be known as “Seargent.” And now, almost eighty years after it was established as Camp Chaffee, the hallowed ground is again front and center, leading the city into a new era of live-work-play as Chaffee Crossing, the first development of its kind in Fort Smith history. We invite you to discover a few of the businesses
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and developments creating a little history of their own at Chaffee Crossing.
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