Fort Scott National Historic Site

Picnic table, Fire ring

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.

Post Hospital

Picture of the Post Hospital

Symbols of Sacrifice

Image of flags from the Symbols of Sacrifice event.

Sunflowers at Fort Scott

A field of sunflowers adds a splash of color to a view of the parade ground at Fort Scott.

Officers Quarters at Sunset

Officers quarters at Fort Scott bathed in the light of the afternoon sun.

Dragoons on the Prairie

Soldiers on horseback patrolling the prairie

On Guard Duty

High school students interpreting guard duty to elementary students.

Laundry Day

High school students dressed as laundresses demonstrate laundry methods of the 1840s

Picnic table, Fire ring

Driveway

Tent area

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Fort Scott National Historic Site is located in downtown Fort Scott, Kansas. U.S. Highways 69 and 54 intersect here. Fort Scott is about 90 miles south of Kansas City and 60 miles northwest of Joplin, Missouri. It is 4 miles from the Kansas-Missouri border.

Signs directing visitors to Fort Scott are posted on highway 69 for visitors coming from the north and the south and on highway 54 for visitors coming from the east and the west.

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Visitor Center Facility

The Visitor Center for the site is located on the ground floor of the post hospital which is located at the entrance to the site near Old Fort Blvd. Summer hours are April 1 through October 31. If you plan to visit outside of this time please see the exception below.

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