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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.
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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. more...
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Summer Programs at Fort Scott
A treasure hunt? A murder trial? A bitter rivalry? Tragic deaths? Do these sound like stories in this summer’s movie lineup? They could be, but they just happen to be topics of programs this summer at Fort Scott National Historic Site. more...
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4th of July Weekend
Cannons, horses, dancing, and baseball don’t normally go together but they do this weekend at Fort Scott National Historic Site as the site celebrates our nation’s independence.
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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.
Click here to visit
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Write to
Fort Scott NHS P.O. Box 918
Fort Scott, KS 66701
E-mail Us
Phone
Visitor Information (620) 223-0310
Fax
(620) 223-0188
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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.
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Did You Know?
Many officers at Fort Scott in the 1840s owned slaves. One particular slave, Anna, was rented to Hiero Wilson, post sutler. Born free and educated, she was kidnapped into slavery in 1820, In 1849, she regained her freedom, married, operated a hotel in Eastern Kansas, and later became a pioneer.
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Last Updated: July 03, 2008 at 15:19 EST |