• Fort Parade Ground and Officers Quarters as seen from Guardhouse

    Fort Scott

    National Historic Site Kansas

Car

U.S. Highways 54 and 69 intersect at Fort Scott. Signs mark the approach from all directions.

The nearest car rental facility is Enterprise Rent a Car in Pittsburg, KS.

Did You Know?

Col. George Croghan

Colonel George Croghan, the inspector general, visited the fort in 1844. He praised living conditions, but disliked the layout. He remarked that the hospital "interrupted in the most offensive way, the only refreshing summer breezes" One author doubted that any building could stop a Kansas wind.