Kansas Culture

City

Fort Scott

Bourbon County

Fort Scott Bake Shop HABS measured drawing, Bourbon County
Library of Congress / HABS; Public domain
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The U.S. Army established Fort Scott in 1842. After the fort was abandoned, the buildings became a town in Bourbon County that was bitterly divided during Bleeding Kansas, with free-state and proslavery hotels facing each other on the old parade ground.

Timeline

  1. 1842 Fort Scott in Bourbon County was begun around 1842. Sourced

Connected through

Bleeding Kansas hotspot after fort sale into town

Historic structures

Barracks, Historic American Buildings Survey
Carol M. Highsmith / Library of Congress; Public domain

Carol M. Highsmith photographed barracks at Fort Scott National Historic Site (LoC item 2020742098; highsm 67270), the reconstructed enlisted barracks interpreted by NPS at the fort.

Notes

After fort buildings were sold into town use, Fort Scott became a Bleeding Kansas flashpoint, with free-state and proslavery hotels facing each other across the square. Sourced

Fort Scott in Bourbon County was begun around 1842. Sourced

Fort Scott National Historic Site covers the fort's frontier years through Bleeding Kansas and the Civil War. Sourced

Carol M. Highsmith photographed barracks at Fort Scott National Historic Site (LoC item 2020742098; highsm 67270), the reconstructed enlisted barracks interpreted by NPS at the fort. Sourced

Carol M. Highsmith photographed the Dragoon Stables at Fort Scott National Historic Site (LoC item 2020742099; highsm 67271). Sourced

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