Programs are presented at the reconstructed gallows on the anniversary dates of executions carried out during the years that the federal court at Fort Smith had jurisdiction over Indian Territory.  Federal executions were conducted here for 23 years, from 1873 through 1896.  79 of the 86 men executed here were put to death during Judge Isaac Parker’s tenure.

The talks will provide a general overview of the federal court during the late 19th century, federal law involving capital crimes, and conditions in Indian Territory.  Park rangers will present information about the condemned individual/s executed on that date.  The crime and victims, court case, execution, and the violent nature of these historic events will be discussed.  The anniversary dates of executions are the only times that the park hangs nooses on the gallows; the number of nooses represents the number executed on that day. 

The free programs are offered at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on the following dates.  Listed are the names of the men who were executed on those dates.

January 14
John T. Echols
James Lamb
Albert O’Dell
John Stephens

January 15
McClish Impson

January 16
Harris Austin
John Billy
Jimmon Burris
Sam Goin
Jefferson Jones
Thomas Willis

January 25
Richard Smith

January 30
George Tobler

March 17
Crawford Goldsby, alias Cherokee Bill

April 3
John Billy
Isaac Filmore
John Pointer

April 8
Patrick McCarty

April 13
Robert Massey

April 17
William Phillips

April 19
Malachi Allen
James Mills

April 21
Gibson Ishtanubbee
William Leach
Orpheus McGee
Isham Seeley
Aaron Wilson

April 23
Joseph Jackson
James Wasson

April 27
Jackson Crow
Owen Hill
George Moss
Sheppard Busby

April 30
Webber Isaacs
George Pierce
John Pierce

June 26
James Arcine
William Parchmeal

June 28
John Thorton

June 29
William Finch
Martin Joseph
Te-o-lit-se

June 30
Edward Fulsom
Boudinot Crumpton, alias Bood Burris

July 1
Rufus Buck
Lewis Davis
Lucky Davis
Maoma July
Sam Sampson

July 6
Gus Bogles

July 9
John Stansberry

July 11
John Davis
Thomas Thompson
Jack Womankiller

July 23
Calvin James
Lincoln Sprole

July 25
Lewis Holder

July 30
George Wilson, alias James Casherago

August 6
Kitt Ross

August 15
John Childers

August 29
William Elliot Wiley, alias Colorado Bill
Dr. Henri Stewart

August 30
Jack Spaniard
William Walker

September 3
Edmund Campbell
Daniel Evans
Samuel Fooy
Smoker Mankiller
James Moore
William Whittington

September 8
Samuel Peters
Osey Sanders
John Valley
Sinker Wilson

September 9
William Brown
Abler Manley
Amos Manley
Patrick McGowen
George W. Padgett

September 20
John Pointer

October 7
Seaborn Kalijah, alias Seaborn Green
Silas Hampton

October 10
Tunagee, alias Tuni
Young Wolf

December 20
James Diggs
John Postoak