Join Mary and Judge Isaac Parker as they talk about preparations for a reception to be held in their home on New Year's Day. Guests for the event include Mattie Ross and attorney William Henry Harrison Clayton. Enjoy hearing the Parkers talk about the journey that brought them to Fort Smith.

Mattie Ross tells the back story of how the Parkers met. For those familiar with the Fort Smith landscape, the Parkers lived at 318 North 13th Street while the Claytons lived at 514 North 6th Street.

"Happy New Year from the Parker Home" was written by Sue Robison. Our cast includes retired Sebastian County Judge Jim Spears; Maggie Jones as Mattie Ross; Sue Robison as Mary Parker; Floyd Robison as Judge Isaac C. Parker, and Susie Brooks as Lena. Produced by Spinnin' 'Round Productions.

Marie Cole was Arkansas' first female pharmacist, William saved a drowning Gypsy child. This endeared the couple to the Gypsy community. The couple worked with the local community when others would not. Judge Parker and others also frequented the Cole's pharmacy shop on Garrison Avenue in Fort Smith.

This episode was written by Sue Robison. Actors were Maggie Jones as Mattie Ross, Susie Brooks as Marie "Mama" Cole, Marcus Woodward as William Cole, and Kevin Jones as the customer.

Another true story of the west in the 1890s from Fort Smith, Arkansas, and the True Grit Trail.

There is little known about Deputy Marshal Robert Fortune. He was born in Virginia in 1865. Fortune's first appointment as a deputy marshal was in Judge Isaac Parker's Fort Smith, Arkansas district on May 1, 1895. In his service as a marshal, he was known to be very effective. He was a deputy until 1907.

In 1917 he was an attorney in Chickasha, Oklahoma, and developed a reputation as a civil rights activist.

The honorable George McGill, mayor of Fort Smith, Arkansas portrays Robert Fortune. Maggie Jones is Mattie Ross. Bill Word is the photographer and Sonny Robison (who often portrays Judge Parker in events in the Fort Smith area) portrays the bystander.