Fort Scott National Historic Site // Fort Scott, Kansas // Fulltime RV Family
We went to Fort Scott National Historic Site in Fort Scott Kansas for a day trip. There is a lot of history to this place from pioneer days, to Civil war days, and the railroad expansion. We had a lot of fun with the kids here, and they added to their Junior Ranger badges.
Fort Scott, was established in 1842 when our Nation was still very young, and confined mostly 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 takes you through these years of crisis and beyond to the time when the United States emerged as a united, transcontinental nation.
The town that surrounds this Fort, is also a neat place to check out. There is a lot of really interesting architecture here. There is some great restaurants, and antique stores as well. There is a Visitor Center right next to the Fort Scott National Historic Site. You can get information on the Trolley tours, and other things of interest in the area. For our family, it was a fun day trip! We learned a lot more about the Civil War in our area, as well as other conflicts that occurred here. We highly recommend you stop to see this historic Fort if you are ever in the Kansas area. We did return the nail as you are not allowed to take things from National Parks. The Park Rangers were very thankful that we found them. We hope you enjoy our day, and leave us a comment below. We love to hear from you! Please be sure to hit that like button, and subscribe to continue to follow our journey across the United States. God Bless you all, have a wonderful week!
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Fort Scott National Historic Site celebrates 175 years!
Fort Scott National Historic Site celebrates 175 years on May 30, 2017 as the site was established as a U.S. Army fort on that date in 1842. Visit nps.gov/fosc for more information.
StoryCorps: Fort Scott National Historic Site
Retired site historian Arnold Schofield talks with friend, and National Park Service volunteer and former seasonal ranger, Robert Skip Thomas. They share their memories of working at Fort Scott National Historic Site in Kansas and its importance as a historical site.
Fort Scott National Historic Site by Galen Ewing
Park Ranger Galen Ewing gives an overview and history of the 1842 Fort Scott National Historic Site, how it all began & programs offered today.
Exploring Kansas History-Fort Scott National Historic Site
Within the tallgrass prairie of Kansas, on the edge of the former Permanent Indian Frontier, sits a fort that tells many stories of the time between 1842-1873 about the opening of the West, the Mexican-American War, Bleeding Kansas, and the Civil War.
For more information about Fort Scott National Historic Site go to: nps.gov/fosc
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Sleep Inn & Suites - Fort Scott - Fort Scott (Kansas) - United States
Sleep Inn & Suites - Fort Scott hotel city: Fort Scott (Kansas) - Country: United States
Address: 302 East Wall Street; zip code: KS 66701
Free WiFi and an indoor pool are featured at Sleep Inn & Suites - Fort Scott. This hotel is located less than 5 minutes' walk from Fort Scott National Historic Site.
-- Sleep Inn & Suites - Fort Scott酒店设有免费WiFi和室内游泳，距离斯科特堡国家历史遗址（Fort Scott National Historic Site）有不到5分钟的步行路程。 Sleep Inn & Suites - Fort Stockton酒店的每间空调客房均设有有线电视、微波炉、冰箱和咖啡机。 Sleep Inn & Suites - Fort Scott酒店设有24小前台以及免费停车场。 酒店距离冈恩公园（Gunn Park）1.7英里（2.
-- Отель Sleep Inn & Suites - Fort Scott с крытым бассейном и бесплатным Wi-Fi расположен менее чем в 5 минутах ходьбы от национальной исторической достопримечательности Форт-Скотта.
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Fort Scott, Kansas Community Video
This video gives in overview of Fort Scott, Kansas in the areas of Business & Industry, Quality of Life, and Tourism & Recreation.
Fort Scott is stated to be the friendliest place in the country and in our opinion is a perfect place to call home, with growing job opportunities, and a sense of community you won't find anywhere else.
The community is centrally located just 1 hour south of Kansas City at the junctions of highways 69 and 54, 1 hour NW of Joplin, 2.5 hours east of Wichita, 2 hours west of Springfield and 2.75 hours northeast of Tulsa.
Interested in more information about Fort Scott? Contact the Chamber & Tourism Center at 800-245-FORT (800-245-3678) to request a relocation or visitor's packet, or visit our website at fortscott.com.
Sleep Inn & Suites - Fort Scott - Fort Scott (Kansas) - United States
Sleep Inn & Suites - Fort Scott hotel city: Fort Scott (Kansas) - Country: United States
Address: 302 East Wall Street; zip code: KS 66701
Free WiFi and an indoor pool are featured at Sleep Inn & Suites - Fort Scott. This hotel is located less than 5 minutes' walk from Fort Scott National Historic Site.
-- Sleep Inn & Suites - Fort Scott酒店设有免费WiFi和室内游泳，距离斯科特堡国家历史遗址（Fort Scott National Historic Site）有不到5分钟的步行路程。 Sleep Inn & Suites - Fort Stockton酒店的每间空调客房均设有有线电视、微波炉、冰箱和咖啡机。 Sleep Inn & Suites - Fort Scott酒店设有24小前台以及免费停车场。 酒店距离冈恩公园（Gunn Park）1.7英里（2.
-- Отель Sleep Inn & Suites - Fort Scott с крытым бассейном и бесплатным Wi-Fi расположен менее чем в 5 минутах ходьбы от национальной исторической достопримечательности Форт-Скотта.
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Fort Scott National Historic Site | Wikipedia audio article
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Fort Scott National Historic Site
00:00:50 1 History
00:01:45 1.1 Army days
00:05:21 1.2 Bleeding Kansas
00:06:22 1.3 Army returns
00:08:53 2 Modern times
00:10:04 3 See also
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Fort Scott National Historic Site is a historical area under the control of the United States National Park Service in Bourbon County, Kansas, United States. Named after General Winfield Scott, who achieved renown during the Mexican–American War, during the middle of the 19th century the fort served as a military base for US Army action in what was the edge of settlement in 1850. For the next quarter century, it was used as a supply base and to provide security in turbulent areas during the opening of the West to settlement, a period which included Bleeding Kansas and the American Civil War.
The current national historic site protects 20 historic structures, a parade ground, and five acres (20,000 m²) of restored tallgrass prairie, inside the city of Fort Scott. It is open to visitors most days of the year.
Travel Fort Scott, Kansas Part 1
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Around Kansas - Fort Scott National Cemetery - May 25, 2016
(Deb) Welcome back, folks. (Frank) [laughs] (Deb) It’s been a great experience for me sharing all the national cemeteries with you this month that are in Kansas and obviously some beautiful places and very appropriate to visit sometime this month or anytime. (Frank) Well, Memorial Day is coming up too. So, it will be a great time. (Deb) Memorial Day is coming up. It’ll be a great time, most of the cemeteries will be decorated and a lot of them will have people there to answer questions or help you find folks. WaKeeney is a State Veteran Cemetery. And that’s really neat, in fact, Dr. Jake and his Calvary crew will be doing the color guard there for their ceremonies. So, even though the national cemeteries are really wonderful, most of the cemeteries will have some kind of veterans’ service. They have the local VFW, American Legion and somebody comes out and does something. So, find out what’s going on in your neighborhood and go out and support those, because these guys work awfully hard that weekend to get around to do all those services. (Frank) So, she’s going to talk to you about Fort Scott. (Deb) Fort Scott National Cemetery is located on the eastern outskirts of the city of Fort Scott. Fort Scott is located midway between Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, on the route historically known as the Military Road. Fort Scott was established in 1842 and named for Lieutenant General Winfield Scott, then, General-in-Chief of the U.S. Army. The fort’s primary purpose was to maintain a three-way peace among Native American tribes forcibly relocated from Florida and the East, local tribes, and incoming white settlers. Troops guarded caravans on the Santa Fe Trail and patrolled the vast frontier territory. During the 1840s, the Army established a cemetery on the west side of town to accommodate the burial of soldiers who died while stationed at the Fort Scott garrison. In 1861, town officers and citizens of Fort Scott purchased approximately four acres southeast of the old post for use as a community burying ground. Since the cemetery was controlled by the Presbyterian Church, it was known as the Presbyterian Graveyard. After the start of the Civil War, the new cemetery was used for the interment of soldiers stationed at Fort Scott. When Congress approved the creation of national cemeteries in 1862, the cemetery became one of 14 national cemeteries to be designated or established as such that year. On Nov. 15, 1862, the Presbyterian Graveyard and an adjoining tract owned by the Town Company were designated as Fort Scott National Cemetery. After the war’s end in 1865, the remains of those buried in the old military cemetery, as well as other soldiers buried in the vicinity, in Missouri and Kansas, were re-interred at Fort Scott National Cemetery. Following the close of the Indian Wars and resettlement of Native Americans, the Army closed or consolidated many of its small military outposts in the West. As a result, between 1885 and 1907, the federal government vacated numerous military post cemeteries, such as Fort Lincoln, Kansas, and re-interred the remains at Fort Scott National Cemetery. Eugene Fitch Ware, a noted Kansas poet, is buried in Grave 1 in the heart-shaped section of the cemetery. Ware was a Connecticut native who moved to Ft. Scott at the age of 26 in 1867 and spent the remainder of his life in Kansas. Ware served in the 7th Iowa Cavalry during the Civil War and was based at Ft. Scott. After the war, he entered the bar and practiced law at Ft. Scott and became active in Kansas politics. Ware achieved fame as a poet writing under the pseudonym, Ironquill. He was a prolific poet and some of his most famous works include The Washerwoman’s Song and John Brown. A large native sandstone boulder marks Ware’s grave. The natural beauty of this boulder impressed Ware and one of his final requests was that it be used as his grave marker. Also interred at Fort Scott National Cemetery are the remains of 16 Native American soldiers--all privates in the Indian Regiments of the Union Army who served as invaluable scouts. Fort Scott National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
(Deb) Goodbye to me. (Frank) [sings] Crazy [laughs]. (Deb) Crazy. It’s been crazy. (Frank) I’m Frank. (Deb) I’m Deb. (Frank) And we’ll see you somewhere (Both) Around Kansas.
Fort Scott, Fort Scott Kansas part 1
Part of a walk through of the Fort at beautiful historic Fort Scott Kansas. Even though Kansas and Missouri were both considered Union states, the border wars that happened along this area were some of the bloodiest small battles that were not well documented. Missouri was part Union, part Confederate. In Bates County where I now live there are hardly any historic homes unless you are inside city limits due to Ordinance 11, which required you to move to town or within a mile of town if you didnt already live there, and they burned your homes, farms and destroyed your land, to stop the Kansas soldiers grom using them. They also would put you in prison if they heard you sing a song they thought to be Confederate. Thus, this area, bates and Cass county and surrounding areas are known as The Burnt District....
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The Bogey Chronicles #15 - Fort Scott National Historic Site
Join Bogey as he searches Historic Fort Scott Military Post for mythical creatures with strange hygiene.
Trolley through the Decades ~ Historic Fort Scott, Kansas
Narrated trolley tours and general trolley transportation for group tours, school tours, ag tours, holiday tours, wedding parties and more have been an integral part of Fort Scott's history. This video depicts some history of the trolley and the Fort Scott community Through the Decades. If you're not from Fort Scott we hope you visit us soon and take part in our 50-minute narrated tour of our great city on either a shuttle or hopefully a new trolley soon (tours run March-November Th-Sat, groups may schedule a tour by appointment any time year-round). If you are a Fort Scottian thank you for your support of the trolley and all our community has to offer. A great place to visit, an even better place to live!
Fort Scott National Historic Site by Galen Ewing
Park Ranger Galen Ewing of the 1842 Fort Scott National Historic Site recaps the conflict of Soldier Charles Bacon and Private Evans in 1844.
Sleep Inn Hotel Fort Scott Kansas - Groundbreaking - Opening June 2014
A groundbreaking ceremony was recently held for a new 59-room Sleep Inn hotel to be built in Fort Scott, Kansas at the junction of U.S. Highways 54 & 69. Fort Scott is centrally located just 1 hour south of Kansas City, 2 hours west of Springfield, 2.75 hours east of Wichita and 2.75 hours northwest of Tulsa.
The brand new Sleep Inn Hotel is projected to open June 2014 and will be conveniently located adjacent to the Fort Scott Chamber/Tourism Center, the 1842 Fort Scott National Historic Site and the Downtown Historic District with shopping, restaurants, salon/spa.
The hotel will have an indoor pool, meeting room, full breakfast and will cater to groups of any size for reunions, sporting events, weddings, conferences, group tours & more!
If interested in making reservations for June 2014 or beyond, you may contact Owner/Operator Bill Michaud at (785) 213-7745. To view a full listing of lodging, bed & breakfasts, RV/Camping facilities available in Fort Scott, visit fortscott.com or call (800) 245-FORT.
Fort Scott National Historic Site holds special artillery display
Fort Scott National Historic Site holds special artillery display
Fort Scott, Kansas
Park Rangers are so cool! We met one of our favorite Rangers at Fort Scott, who taught us about frontier fort life. Named for General Winfield Scott, who never even stepped foot in the state, Fort Scott is located on the border of what was a pro-slavery state and a free state as well as settled America and what was known as “Indian territory.” Mention of dragoons can set imaginations on fire. So, naturally, we had to visit! This fort has original buildings and is in such a well-preserved mid-1800s town, we felt like we had stepped back in time. Fort Scott was one of a line of forts from Minnesota to Louisiana that helped to enforce the promise of “a permanent Indian frontier.” If you have ever wondered about soldiering on the plains, this is the place for you!
Around Kansas - Fort Scott - Nov. 25, 2015
(Frank) And we're back. (Deb) It's almost turkey day. (Frank) So, yes. And well, I don't know if I should bring up the controversy over turkeys or not. I hope you got a turkey, cause you know there was a shortage. Maybe it's turkey day and maybe it's not for a lot of families. But, the whole idea of course is getting together with families and being thankful for the blessings that you've got. (Deb) And you know I think you should be thankful for all the wild turkeys we've got in Kansas. And by golly, you can go hunt one. (Frank) That's right. (Deb) We've got so many wild turkeys. (Frank) Ah, anyway. So we hope that you will have a very, very happy Thanksgiving. (Deb) Make friends with a hunter today. If you are missing a turkey for tomorrow. Make friends with a hunter. That's the plan. (Frank) Yea, bring back really old traditions. Get one. (Deb) May take a little tenderizing, but you know you'll be OK. (Frank) Anyway, we're gonna talk about a place called... (Deb) Fort Scott. (Frank) Fort Scott. So, it's located of course, in Kansas. (Deb) Of course, southeastern part of the state. Fort Scott is one of the oldest communities in the state. And the first weekend in December every year the National Historic Site at Fort Scott has a candlelight tour. That is one of the best events around the state. Now, get your tickets now. It maybe be too late already. But it's never too late to go see the fort. But you walk in and it's like scenes from whatever time they pick out. It's like you just walked into the middle of their lives and whatever era they decide to interpret. So this year, it's 1865. So 150 years ago. And it's of course, a beautiful site and...but let's just take a look at some more about Fort Scott. Built in 1842, Fort Scott was named for General Winfield Scott, hero of the Mexican War. It was located on the frontier, on the military road that connected Fort Leavenworth to Fort Gibson in present day Oklahoma. Fort Scott became one of a chain of forts intended to protect the new settlers from the Plains Indians, as well as to protect the Indians from the rapidly increasing number of settlers migrating from the eastern United States. The United States government had intended to reserve permanent Indian lands west of the Missouri River and had moved Eastern tribes to the central United States. This plan soon gave way, however, to the competition of settlers continuing to encroach on the Indian settlements. Fort Scott's most active days were between 1842 and 1853. Lack of materials and other setbacks delayed construction of the buildings and soldiers slept in tents. Aside from a few whiskey peddlers and prostitutes, few civilians lived at the fort. Officers had brought their personal slaves with them. Five miles East in Missouri was a grog shop that supplied soldiers, and quite a few courts-martial resulted from soldiers' going AWOL at the shop. The desertion rate from the fort was high. Boredom, irregular pay, and hatred for military life were poor incentives for loyalty. Hunting was a popular pastime; wolf chasing and duck hunting was the only way one officer could tolerate the place. The army deemed the post unnecessary and auctioned the buildings to civilians. It was put into service again during the Civil War and used
until 1873. The fort fell into disrepair until 1965 when the National Park Service stepped in with the money to make repairs. The current national historic site protects 20 historic structures, a parade ground, and five acres of restored Tallgrass Prairie, inside the city of Fort Scott.