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Larned, Kansas and the fort that was constructed there are named in honor of Colonel Benjamin F. Larned, the paymaster general of the United States Army at the time the post was established. Larned experienced a lengthy military career, first serving as an ensign in the 21st Infantry during the War of 1812.
Larned was laid out in 1873. [4] The first post office was established at Larned in 1872. [5]The city drew its name from nearby Fort Larned, which operated from 1859 to 1878 and was named for Colonel Benjamin F. Larned, U.S. Army Paymaster from July 1854 to his death September 6, 1862.
Fort Larned: Kansas: 718.39 acres (2.9072 km 2) Established in 1859 as the Camp on Pawnee Fork, the site protected travelers on the Santa Fe Trail from hostile Native Americans. The fort saw occasional use during various Native American conflicts throughout the 1800s and was raided by Kiowa Indians in 1864.
Fort Insley; Fort Lane; Fort Larned, open to the public; Fort Leavenworth, closed to the public; Fort Lincoln; Fort Lookout; Fort Mann; Fort McKean; Fort Montgomery (1855) Fort Montgomery (1861) Fort Riley, closed to the public; Fort Row; Fort Saunders; Fort Scott, open to the public; Fort Simple; Fort Solomon; Fort Sully; Fort Titus; Fort ...
Location of Pawnee County in Kansas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Pawnee County, Kansas.It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pawnee County, Kansas, United States.
The base was officially renamed in 2023.Costs to update its name were estimated at $8 million at the time. It's unclear how much it might cost the military to change the name again.
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