Courtesy of Bobby Jarrell

Skateland roller rink once stood on Midland Boulevard. Don and Laura Jarrell (Mom and Pop Jarrell) moved to Fort Smith in 1945 and bought the Midland Boulevard rink in 1946. Their sons, Jack Jarrell, and Al Mechling, helped them run Skateland on Midland. It thrived until 1959, when it was demolished when the Jarrells retired.


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