Fort Scott National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)

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Forging A Nation-The Story of Fort Scott

Promises made and broken! A town attacked at dawn! Thousands made homeless by war! Soldiers fighting settlers! Each of these stories is a link in the chain of events that encircled Fort Scott from 1842-73. All of the site's structures, its parade ground, and its tallgrass prairie bear witness to this era when the country was forged from a young republic into a united transcontinental nation.

30 star flag and flagpole at Fort Scott NHS.

Visiting the Site

It is the mission of the National Park Service at Fort Scott National Historic Site to preserve, protect and interpret nationally significant historic resources related to the opening of the West, the Permanent Indian Frontier, the Mexican-American War, Bleeding Kansas, the Civil War and the expansion of railroads. As you visit the site, you will view historic structures and exhibits that tell the story of this important era of our nation's history.

Currently, the staff of Fort Scott NHS is working on projects that will help preserve the site. Both Officers Quarters #1 and 2 are being painted this summer. Areas where painters are working are hardhat areas. Please avoid these areas during your visit. Officers' Quarters No. 1 is open for public viewing, but the exterior stairs remain inaccessible. Please excuse the inconvenience.

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Fee Free Weekends

On Tuesday, June 2, Secretary of Interior Salazar announced that on three summer weekends this year, national park entrance fees will be waived. They are:

· June 20-21 (Father’s Day weekend)

· July 18-19

· August 15-16

In conjunction with these fee free weekends, Western National Parks Association who handles sales of books and merchandise will offer a 20% discount on all items each of these weekends.

Also, Fort Scott NHS will offer a special evening tour each of these weekends.

For more information about the fee free weekend, follow this link.

For more information about the evening tour, follow this link.

Students from Nevada High School in Nevada, MO who have presented Life on the Frontier to area students in grades K-4.

Virtual Resource Center

The staff at Fort Scott developed the virtual resource center in the spring of 2000 as a research aid to high school students who present programs to elementary students in grades K-4 during our "Life on the Frontier" program. The individual programs or stations convey various aspects of life at Fort Scott during the 1840s. The materials in this center are taken from books and articles in the library at Fort Scott. The center is designed primarily for high school students, but may prove of value to other researchers as well.

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Write to

Fort Scott NHS
P.O. Box 918
Fort Scott, KS 66701

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Phone

Visitor Information
(620) 223-0310

Fax

(620) 223-0188

Climate

Spring and autumn are pleasant with mild temperatures. Summers are generally hot and humid, while winters are mild with periods of cold weather and varying snowfall. Thunderstorms are common throughout the spring and summer. Heavy coats should be worn in winter, while persons traveling in other seasons should bring rain gear in case of thunderstorms.