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Fort Scott National Historic Site
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A coyote in Kansas

Did You Know?
During their free time, the officers enjoyed hunting. Captain Swords wrote "everybody here is hunting mad, hunting and dogs constitute their thoughts by day and dreams by night" Of another officer, Swords said that "wolf chasing and duck hunting" were the only things that reconciled him to the place

Last Updated: January 09, 2010 at 13:36 MST