Photo: Nationalparks at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.
SightseeingHistory BuffFreeFamily Favorite
Fort Scott National Historic Site
Fort Scott National Historic Site is a sightseeing stop in Fort Scott, KS. Cost: free.
Old Fort Blvd, one block west of US-69 and US-54 · Fort Scott, KS
Why you should go…
Fort Scott National Historic Site preserves an army post used from 1842 to 1873, right inside the town of Fort Scott. You can explore 20 historic structures, eleven original and nine rebuilt on their foundations, around a parade ground beside five acres of restored tallgrass prairie. Exhibits tell the story of the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry, the first Black troops in the Union Army, and the April Civil War Encampment brings cavalry and infantry drills.
- #historic fort
- #national historic site
- #civil war history
- #tallgrass prairie