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National Historic Site · KS

Fort Scott National Historic Site

Promises made and broken! Who deserves to be free? The fight for freedom! Soldiers fighting settlers! Each of these stories is a link in the chain of events that encircled Fort Scott from 1842-1873. All of the site's structures, its parade ground, and its tallgrass prairie bear witness to this era when the country was forged from a young republic into a united transcontinental nation.

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Photos

A field of sunflowers next to a stone building. Wood frame structures in background.
A field of sunflowers adds a splash of color to a view of the parade ground at Fort Scott.
Picture of the post hospital with the parade ground and trees in the background.
Picture of the Post Hospital
Wood frame structures with stairs next to a stone walkway. Structures reflect afternoon sunlight.
Officers quarters at Fort Scott bathed in the light of the afternoon sun.
Four soldiers on horseback in a line riding through prairie grass.
Soldiers on horseback patrol the prairie.
Women dressed as laundresses with laundry buckets and scrub boards stand on a stone porch.
High school students dressed as laundresses demonstrate laundry methods of the 1840s
Picture of rows of flags across the parade ground with trees in the background.
Image of flags from the Symbols of Sacrifice event.

Activities

  • Guided Tours
  • Living History
  • Historic Weapons Demonstration
  • Junior Ranger Program
  • Park Film
  • Museum Exhibits
  • Shopping
  • Bookstore and Park Store