FORT SCOTT NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE

'Fort Scott National Historic Site' protects 20 historic structures, a parade ground, and five acres (20,000 m²) of restored tallgrass prairie in Bourbon County, Kansas, United States, near the city of Fort Scott. This site bears witness to this era when the United States was forged from a young divided republic into a united and powerful transcontinental nation.
The National Park Service preserves, protects, and interprets the nationally significant historic resources related to the opening of the West, the Permanent Indian Frontier, the Mexican-American War, Freedom's Frontier, the American Civil War and the expansion of railroads.

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See also

★ Black Seminoles (''Cimarrones'')

★ Bleeding Kansas

★ Buffalo Soldiers from Fort Gibson

★ Freedom's Frontier Heritage Area

★ Kansas Sampler

★ Kansas Territory

External links

★ National Park Service: Official site

★ Freedom's Frontier

★ Kansas Territory: Frontier Military Scenic Byway

★ Information on visiting Fort Scott from Pastigo.com