Picture of the post hospital with the parade ground and trees in the background. — Picture of the Post Hospital NPS Photo

Fort Scott National Historic Site

National Historic Site · Kansas · National Park Service

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.

Plan your visit

Know before you go

Phone: 6202230310
Official site: www.nps.gov
Managed by: National Park Service

Getting there

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What's here

Highlights: African American Heritage · Forts · Incarceration · Jails and Prisons · Medicine · Hospital · Military · Infantry and Militia · Artillery · Cavalry · Indigenous and Native Warrior · Native American Heritage · Schools and Education · Transportation · Trains and Railroads · Wars and Conflicts · Mexican War · Civil War · Westward Expansion · Women's History · Grasslands · Prairies

Activities & features: Guided Tours · Living History · Historic Weapons Demonstration · Junior Ranger Program · Park Film · Museum Exhibits · Shopping · Bookstore and Park Store