Kansas Fort Scott Book

Jerry Thomas Artwork on Cover

Fort Scott:
Charged with protecting Indians and settlers, Fort Scott was established in 1842 in southeastern Kansas on the border of the “permanent Indian frontier.â€ During the next two decades this army post engaged in dual conflicts as trouble brewed between western expansionists and eastern Indian tribes, and the “Bleeding Kansas,â€ dissension between proslavery and free-state forces escalated into the Civil War. Volume 1 in the Kansas Forts Series, published by the Kansas Historical Society, documents the history of eight important Kansas forts through historic photographs, illustrations, and maps. 90 pages, 6 inches by 9 inches, softcover
By Leo E. Oliva