Fort Scott National Historic Site
P.O. Box 918
Old Fort Boulevard
Fort Scott, KS 66701-0918

Phone: 620-223-0310

Established in 1842 as a base for the U.S. Army's peacekeeping efforts along the "permanent Indian frontier," the fort was manned by dragoon and infantry soldiers who served in the Mexican War, provided armed escorts for parties on the Santa Fe and Oregon trails, surveyed unmapped country, and maintained contact with Plains Indians. The post was abandoned in 1853, but during the Civil War it was reactivated and served as headquarters for the post of southeast Kansas.