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Fort Scott National Historic Site is a historical area under the control of the United States National Park Service in Bourbon County, Kansas, United States.Named after General Winfield Scott, who achieved renown during the Mexican–American War, during the middle of the 19th century the fort served as a military base for US Army action in what was the edge of settlement in 1850.
The Fort Scott Banner began publication in 1882, and the same group began publication of the Fort Scott Tribune as a daily on October 1, 1884, with J.B. Chapman as its first editor. [3] [4] George Marble Sr. (b. 1870, d. March 15, 1930), who began working for the paper in 1885 (when he was 15), first acquired an interest in the paper in 1896 ...
Location of Bourbon County in Kansas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bourbon County, Kansas.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Bourbon County, Kansas, United States.
The average temperature in Fort Scott is 57 °F or 13.9 °C with temperatures exceeding 90 °F or 32.2 °C on an average of 52.6 afternoons a year and dropping below 32 °F or 0 °C during an average of 100.6 mornings per year. [12] On average, Fort Scott experiences 83.3 days of precipitation a year. [12]
Media related to Newspapers of Kansas at Wikimedia Commons; Kansas Press Association - has a full list of daily and weekly newspapers that are KPA members. Penny Abernathy, "The Expanding News Desert: Kansas", Usnewsdeserts.com, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Survey of local news existence and ownership in 21st century)
One of those lawsuits — filed in late June on behalf of Scott’s estate — also revealed new allegations that when Scott ran from foster care on numerous occasions the teen was victimized.
[12] Once the Civil War began, many communities established forts, most of them built of logs. Some of these forts had unique duties. In Humboldt, one was a fortified mill while another was a fortified dry goods store. Fort Drinkwater served as post office and Fort Montgomery (Eureka) served as a school house.
The Bourbon County Courthouse, located at 210 South National Avenue in Fort Scott, is the seat of government of Bourbon County, Kansas. Fort Scott has been the county seat since 1863; it served as the first county seat in 1855, followed by Marmaton. The courthouse was built from 1929 to 1930 by contractors Thogmartin-Reid Construction Company.