Fort Scott National Historic Site

A field of sunflowers adds a splash of color to a view of the parade ground at Fort Scott.
Promises made and broken! 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.
Map showing location of park.
Image of a white building with stone pillars on the first floor and a white railing around the porch on the second. Candle lanterns line the sidewalk leading to the building.
43rd Annual Candlelight Tour Tickets on Sale November 1
Friday, November 1, 2024, at 9 a.m. tickets for Fort Scott National Historic Site’s 43rd Annual Candlelight Tour go on sale.
A collage of drawings depicting some of the violent events associated with the fort.
Murder and Mayhem at the Fort
Thursday, October 31, 2024, join Fort Scott National Historic Site for a special candle lantern walk through the Murder and Mayhem at the Fort. Tour leaders, from the 1840s-1860s, will share some of the lesser told tragedies and macabre events that were far too common in Fort Scott’s 19th century.
A field of sunflowers next to a stone building. Wood frame structures in background.
Photo by NPS Pnoto
Picture of the post hospital with the parade ground and trees in the background.
Photo by NPS Photo
Wood frame structures with stairs next to a stone walkway. Structures reflect afternoon sunlight.
Photo by NPS Photo
Four soldiers on horseback in a line riding through prairie grass
Photo by NPS Photo/Michelle Martin
Women dressed as laundresses with laundry buckets and scrub boards
Photo by NPS Photo
Picture of rows of flags across the parade ground with trees in the background.
Photo by NPS Photo: B. Boyko