• Fort Parade Ground and Officers Quarters as seen from Guardhouse

    Fort Scott

    National Historic Site Kansas

Program Accessibility

All education programs, the restrooms and many other areas of the site are accessible to the mobility impaired with limited assistance. Due to the historic nature of the site, the number of stairs present and the number of stations given, some stations presented during the Life on the Frontier program are not fully accessible. The orientation program is accessible and closed captioned. Please notify us prior to your program if you have anyone in your group with special needs. We will do our best to accomodate your group. 

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Did You Know?

Free State Hotel at Fort Scott, directly across from it was the Western or ProSlavery Hotel

Fort Scott is the only NPS unit that was directly involved in "Bleeding Kansas". Fort Scott was a proslavery town, but many free staters lived in the surrounding area. Located on the grounds was the Western or Proslavery Hotel, directly across from it was the Fort Scott or Free State Hotel.