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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.","summarySource":"National Park Service","guide":{},"trConnection":null,"trConnections":[],"trTypes":[],"links":{"official":"https://www.nps.gov/fosc/index.htm","social":{},"recreationGov":null,"alltrails":null,"alltrailsExplore":"https://www.alltrails.com/explore?b_tl_lat=37.8448&b_tl_lng=-94.7067&b_br_lat=37.842&b_br_lng=-94.7027","recreationGovSearch":"https://www.recreation.gov/search?q=Fort%20Scott%20National%20Historic%20Site","directions":"http://www.nps.gov/fosc/planyourvisit/directions.htm"},"images":[{"url":"https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/structured_data/5C2BEB72-C4C5-A44F-A70329AD93CA1999.jpg","title":"Post Hospital","alt":"Picture of the post hospital with the parade ground and trees in the background.","caption":"Picture of the Post Hospital","credit":"NPS Photo","source":"NPS"},{"url":"https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/structured_data/3C838241-1DD8-B71B-0B6E926E9F23908F.jpg","title":"Officers Quarters at Sunset","alt":"Wood frame structures with stairs next to a stone walkway. Structures reflect afternoon sunlight.","caption":"Officers quarters at Fort Scott bathed in the light of the afternoon sun.","credit":"NPS Photo","source":"NPS"},{"url":"https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/structured_data/3C8383F1-1DD8-B71B-0B3AA4D574749439.jpg","title":"Dragoons on the Prairie","alt":"Four soldiers on horseback in a line riding through prairie grass.","caption":"Soldiers on horseback patrol the prairie.","credit":"NPS Photo/Michelle Martin","source":"NPS"},{"url":"https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/structured_data/3C838A0F-1DD8-B71B-0B0A1C3D2CE08AEF.jpg","title":"Laundry Day","alt":"Women dressed as laundresses with laundry buckets and scrub boards stand on a stone porch.","caption":"High school students dressed as laundresses demonstrate laundry methods of the 1840s","credit":"NPS Photo","source":"NPS"},{"url":"https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/structured_data/5C504EDF-C3C7-321E-1625C477DC7B3E35.jpg","title":"Symbols of Sacrifice","alt":"Picture of rows of flags across the parade ground with trees in the background.","caption":"Image of flags from the Symbols of Sacrifice event.","credit":"NPS Photo: B. Boyko","source":"NPS"},{"url":"https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/structured_data/731A97DA-F862-30D3-2E949B0B97D8C57A.jpg","title":"Artillery Demonstration","alt":"6 reenactors dressed in white are firing a 6lbs field cannon.","caption":"Artillery Demonstration","credit":"NPS Photo: C. Brenner","source":"NPS"}],"activities":["Guided Tours","Living History","Historic Weapons Demonstration","Junior Ranger Program","Park Film","Museum Exhibits","Shopping","Bookstore and Park Store"],"topics":["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"],"fees":[],"passes":[],"hours":[{"name":"Fort Scott National Historic Site","description":"Park Visitor Center and historic building hours listed under 'Visitor Centers.' \n\nVisitors may walk the park grounds, walkways, and parking lot from ½ hour before sunrise until ½ hour after sunset, except during periods of snow, ice, or other inclement weather conditions that make the grounds unsafe.","standardHours":{"wednesday":"Sunrise to Sunset","monday":"Sunrise to Sunset","thursday":"Sunrise to Sunset","sunday":"Sunrise to Sunset","tuesday":"Sunrise to Sunset","friday":"Sunrise to Sunset","saturday":"Sunrise to Sunset"},"exceptions":[]}],"directions":"Fort Scott National Historic Site is located in downtown Fort Scott, Kansas. U.S. Highways 69 and 54 intersect here. Fort Scott is about 90 miles south of Kansas City and 60 miles northwest of Joplin, Missouri. It is 4 miles from the Kansas-Missouri border. Signs directing visitors to Fort Scott are posted on Highway 69 for visitors coming from the north and the south and on Highway 54 for visitors coming from the east and the west.","weatherInfo":"Spring and autumn are pleasant with mild temperatures. Summers are generally hot and humid, while winters are mild with periods of cold weather, snowfall, and ice storms. Thunderstorms, some severe, are common throughout the spring and summer. During periods of severe weather, visitors should seek shelter, as the area is prone to lightning strikes. Visitors are advised to check the weather prior to traveling.","contacts":{"phone":"6202230310","email":"fosc_interpretation@nps.gov"},"visitorCenters":[{"name":"Visitor Center","description":"The Visitor Center for the site is located on the ground floor of the post hospital which is located at the entrance to the site near Old Fort Blvd. Summer hours are April 1 through September 30. If you plan to visit outside of this time, please see the exception below.","url":"http://www.nps.gov/fosc","lat":37.843197,"lon":-94.705244}],"campgrounds":[],"thingsToDo":[],"nearby":[{"slug":"marais-des-cygnes-national-wildlife-refuge","km":43},{"slug":"george-washington-carver-national-monument","km":100},{"slug":"ozark-cavefish-national-wildlife-refuge","km":114},{"slug":"flint-hills-national-wildlife-refuge","km":117},{"slug":"harry-s-truman-national-historic-site","km":122},{"slug":"wilsons-creek-national-battlefield","km":141}],"hasBoundary":true,"boundarySource":{"name":"NPS Land Resources Division","url":"https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2224545"},"sources":[{"name":"NPS Data API","url":"https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1/parks?parkCode=fosc"},{"name":"NPS Land Resources Division boundaries","url":"https://services1.arcgis.com/fBc8EJBxQRMcHlei/arcgis/rest/services/NPS_Land_Resources_Division_Boundary_and_Tract_Data_Service/FeatureServer/2"}],"editorialStatus":"draft","synced":"2026-11-09T02:12:45.612Z","alerts":[],"url":"https://directory.labs.trlibrary.com/sites/fort-scott-national-historic-site/","boundaryUrl":"https://directory.labs.trlibrary.com/boundaries/fort-scott-national-historic-site.geojson"}