All education programs, the restrooms and many other areas of the site are accessible to the mobility impaired with limited assistance. Due to the historic nature of the site, the number of stairs present and the number of stations given, some stations presented during the Life on the Frontier program are not fully accessible. The orientation program is accessible and closed captioned. Please notify us prior to your program if you have anyone in your group with special needs. We will do our best to accomodate your group.
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Did You Know?
Colonel George Croghan, the inspector general, visited the fort in 1844. He praised living conditions, but disliked the layout. He remarked that the hospital "interrupted in the most offensive way, the only refreshing summer breezes" One author doubted that any building could stop a Kansas wind.