Garrison Avenue in downtown Fort Smith is the city's "main drag." Stretching from the shadow of the Oklahoma (U.S. 64) bridge east to 13th Street, both sides of broad Garrison Avenue are now home to several curio, antique, arts and crafts shops, restaurants and bars. Some of them, in earlier days, housed taverns and other "businesses" catering to travelers crossing the bridge to or from Oklahoma. Today, shoppers can find bargains and treasures ranging from 19th-century Fort Smith artifacts to more contemporary collectibles.
