New gateway links Fort Smith, Chaffee Crossing hiking, biking trails

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New gateway links Fort Smith, Chaffee Crossing hiking, biking trails

By BUDDY GOUGH SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE

Posted: March 4, 2013 at 2:57 a.m.

BUDDY GOUGH
Credit: Special to the Democrat-Gazette
Bob Robinson, author of the Bicycling Guide to the Mississippi River Trail, drew on his extensive mountain biking experience to design 15 miles of interconnected trails through the wooded and rocky hills of Ben Geren Regional Park on the eastern city limits of Fort Smith.

Fort Smith, a city with a history of True Grit and a modern industrial character, is putting a more aesthetic and recreationally friendly face on its eastern environs.

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Eight miles of paved walking and road-biking trails through the forested and hilly areas of Ben Geren Regional Park at Fort S... (By: BUDDY GOUGH) (Credit: Special to the Democrat-Gazette)

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