Fort Scott National Historic Site

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.

Sunflowers at Fort Scott

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

A field of sunflowers next to a stone building. Wood frame structures in background.

Post Hospital

Picture of the Post Hospital

Picture of the post hospital with the parade ground and trees in the background.

Officers Quarters at Sunset

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

Wood frame structures with stairs next to a stone walkway. Structures reflect afternoon sunlight.

Dragoons on the Prairie

Soldiers on horseback patrolling the prairie

Four soldiers on horseback in a line riding through prairie grass

Laundry Day

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

Women dressed as laundresses with laundry buckets and scrub boards

Symbols of Sacrifice

Image of flags from the Symbols of Sacrifice event.

Picture of rows of flags across the parade ground with trees in the background.