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Fort Scott National Historic Site

• Location & Contact Information
  • Address: P.O Box 918 Fort Scott KS United States 66701
  • Telephone Number: +1-620-223-0310
  • Official Website: [1]
• Overview

Fort Scott National Historic Site protects 20 historic structures, a parade ground, and five acres (20,000m²) of restored tallgrass prairie in Bourbon County , Kansas, United States, inside 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. At the fort, the National Park Service preserves, protects, and interprets the nationally significant historic resources related to the opening of the West to white settlement, the Permanent Indian Frontier , the Mexican-American War, Bleeding Kansas, the American Civil War, and the expansion of railroads.