Our teacher guides were developed to be used as pre-visit information or stand alone instruction in the classroom. Feel free to download or review our Teaching with Historic Places guide and our Wheel to Wing guide.
Did You Know?
From 1869-73, soldiers were stationed near Fort Scott to protect a railroad being built through this area. Soldiers fought squatters who had formed an armed resistance to the railroad. This was one of few times in U.S. history that the army took up arms against civilians.