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IMAGE and TEXT: The Story of Fort Scott
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DESCRIPTION: Text along vertical edge of brochure, in a black bar, reads Fort Scott National Historic Site, Kansas, National Park Service, U.S. Department of Interior. The NPS Arrowhead logo is on the far right side of the black bar. An image of two white 19th Century buildings of Greek revival style stand side-by-side. From the ground level, square stone pillars support a second-floor covered porch that runs the length of each building. Stairs on both ends lead to the second level where there's four windows with green shutters and seven white columns that support the roof. A large walnut door is on the far right side of the porch. The roof of another building, the Post Headquarters, rises in the distance surrounded by a bright blue Kansas sky. CREDIT: Gary A. Palmer/Captured Images, Inc. RELATED TEXT: The Story of Fort Scott is the story of America growing up. When the fort was established in 1842, the nation was still young and confined largely to the area east of the Mississippi River. Yet within a few years, Fort Scott’s soldiers became involved in events that would lead to tremendous spurts of growth and expansion. As the nation developed, tensions over slavery led to the conflict and turmoil of “Bleeding Kansas” and the Civil War. Fort Scott’s story takes you through these years of crisis and beyond to the time when the United States emerged as a united, transcontinental nation.
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An audio description of "The Story of Fort Scott" on Fort Scott's Unigrid brochure.
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