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Fort Scott National Historic Site
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Eleven historic buildings containing 33 historically furnished rooms are open to the public. The site also contains three museum areas: the infantry barracks museum has exhibits about the site's history, the dragoon barracks museum has exhibits that tell about the soldiers stationed here in the 1840s, and exhibits in the Wilson-Goodlander house provide information about the site's construction.

A 23 minute audio-visual program is available in the infantry barracks museum.

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

Did You Know?
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.
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Last Updated: January 03, 2010 at 10:36 MST