Fort Scott National Historic Site is located in eastern Kansas. The park protects a US Army Post that was the center of Western expansion. Fort Scott was established in 1842 during the time when many ...

Friends of the Fort, a community-led organization, is working with the Fort Scott National Historic Site and local government ...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. — Federal funding cuts to the 2025 spending bill for the Department of the Interior, Environment, and other related agencies made back in July of last year are taking a toll on one ...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. — Volunteers come from across the nation to give back to a local historic site. Those volunteers did so as part of “National Public Lands Day.” At “Fort Scott National Historic Site”, ...

Last fall, Natalie Peitsmeyer sold her house in Colorado, said goodbye to a community she’d known for decades and started a dream education job in Kansas. She became a park guide at the Fort Scott ...

There is something awe-inspiring about seeing thousands of white marble headstones uniformly lined up throughout pristinely manicured grounds. Entering the iron gates of the Fort Scott National ...