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I, Too, Am America Contest
The National Parks of Kansas are asking seventh and eighth grade students from across the state to tell how their own stories connect with the stories preserved at the National Parks in Kansas. more...
Forging A Nation-The Story of Fort Scott
Promises made and broken! A town attacked at dawn! Thousands made homeless by war! Soldiers fighting settlers! Each of these stories is a link in the chain of events that encircled Fort Scott from 1842-73. 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.
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Visiting the Site
It is the mission of the National Park Service at Fort Scott National Historic Site to preserve, protect and interpret nationally significant historic resources related to the opening of the West, the Permanent Indian Frontier, the Mexican-American War, Bleeding Kansas, the Civil War and the expansion of railroads. As you visit the site, you will view historic structures and exhibits that tell the story of this important era of our nation's history.
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Schedule of Events 2009
Fort Scott NHS brings to life dramatic episodes of our nation's history during its special events in 2009.
On Memorial Day Weekend, the site will pay tribute to the soldiers of Fort Scott, who played a pivotal role in our nation's history. On Monday of that weekend, a tragedies tour will highlight soldiers and civilians who died while at Fort Scott.
Also coming up is Good Ol' Days weekend in June. This year's theme is "Puttin on the Dog". Programs will highlight the leisure activities of the officers and their wives. Adjacent to the site will be the world-famous Dock Dogs. See the site's special events page and click on the specific links to those events for more details.
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Spring Education Programs
Educators mark your calendars for our spring education programs. This year we are offering the following programs. Click on each program for more details. Reservations for Life on the Frontier and Sweep through History will begin January 20, 2009.
Life on the Frontier May 6 & 7 (grades K-4)
Sweep Through History April 30, May 1, 8, 14, 15 (grades 5-6)
Conflict on the Border (grades 7 and 8)
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Virtual Resource Center
The staff at Fort Scott developed the virtual resource center in the spring of 2000 as a research aid to high school students who present programs to elementary students in grades K-4 during our "Life on the Frontier" program. The individual programs or stations convey various aspects of life at Fort Scott during the 1840s. The materials in this center are taken from books and articles in the library at Fort Scott. The center is designed primarily for high school students, but may prove of value to other researchers as well.
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Write to
Fort Scott NHS
P.O. Box 918
Fort Scott, KS 66701
E-mail Us
Phone
Visitor Information
(620) 223-0310
Fax
(620) 223-0188
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Climate
Spring and autumn are pleasant with mild temperatures. Summers are generally hot and humid, while winters are mild with periods of cold weather and varying snowfall. Thunderstorms are common throughout the spring and summer. Heavy coats should be worn in winter, while persons traveling in other seasons should bring rain gear in case of thunderstorms.
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Did You Know?
Politics made strange bedfellows. John Little, a proslavery man, was shot to death at his father's store, by free state men who raided Fort Scott in December 1858. A friend, George Crawford, a free state man, was staying with Little that night. Crawford had once been the target of proslavery men.
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Last Updated: April 28, 2009 at 09:41 EST |
