Auctioneer: “One lot, boxes and other items belonging to
Company A, 1st Dragoons...”
SOLD
Much of my life I have managed auctions, sold buildings and articles of value.
And I have seen that many things are just not for sale. Among them is our common heritage –
the events that have shaped us as a people. Through the middle of the 19th century the country
dreamed its most fantastic dreams and faced its most challenging dilemmas.
…they included the greatest expansion of territory the nation has seen…
grappling with relationships between different peoples…
moral and political issues of slavery, popular sovereignty, violence and war…
and the growth of technology.
Fort Scott stood as an instrument and reflection of these forces…
a mirror into which we can still gaze to recall our past and guide us into the future.