Watching Parade (Fort Scott)

Fort Scott served as an important Civil War base, as a collection point for prisoners, and a gathering place for refugees during the war.  Fort Scott was founded on May 30, 1842, four days after Captain Benjamin Moore and Companies A and C, First Dragoons, abandoned nearby Fort Wayne.  The troops settled at a ridge overlooking the confluence of Mill Creek and the Marmaton River to build the new fort.  The fort was established in 1842 and abandoned in 1865 following the Civil War.