Fort Lincoln was established about August 24, 1861, by United States Senator James Lane. Earlier in August, Lane had reestablished Fort Scott as a military...
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internment camp near Bismarck Fort Lincoln (Kansas) Fort Lincoln (Texas), former federal frontier defense post in Texas Fort Lincoln (Washington, D.C.), a neighborhood...
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Fort Leavenworth (/ˈlɛvənˌwɜːrθ/) is a United States Army installation located in Leavenworth County, Kansas, in the city of Leavenworth. Built in 1827...
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blockhouse was removed from Fort Lincoln, Kansas, (see Fort Lincoln (Kansas)) and was relocated to the town of Fort Scott, Kansas. This blockhouse was placed...
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Fort Hays, originally named Fort Fletcher, was a United States Army fort near Hays, Kansas. Active from 1865 to 1889 it was an important frontier post...
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Fort Lincoln Internment Camp was a military post and internment camp located south of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA, on the east side of the Missouri River...
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Kansas has always been home to many forts and military posts. Kansas had a few military forts prior to 1854, when it became a territory. The French established...
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after Lincoln assumed the presidency, Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter, a U.S. fort in South Carolina. Following the bombardment, Lincoln mobilized...
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Katy's core system linked Parsons, Emporia, Fort Scott, Junction City, Olathe, and Kansas City, Kansas; Kansas City, Joplin, Columbia, McKittrick, Jefferson...
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Indigenous tribes. The first settlement of non-indigenous people in Kansas occurred in 1827 at Fort Leavenworth. The pace of settlement accelerated in the 1850s...
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Fort Clifton was a 19th-century fort in Kansas. It was built in August 1862 by settlers from the area to protect themselves from Native Americans. Near...
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Constitution of the State of Kansas "Kansas State Flag". Kansas Historical Society. April 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2023. "Lincoln County Kansas Stories". freepages...
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Fort Scott National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Fort Scott, in Bourbon County, Kansas. Administered by the United States Department...
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Wilderness. In late 1866, anticipating the construction of the Kansas Pacific Railway as far west as Fort Hays, a party from St. Louis, Missouri led by William...
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Moved to Fort Scott, Ossawatomee, and Fort Lincoln, Kansas, and duty at Camp Denver, near Barnesville, until February 1862. Camp near Fort Scott until...
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The Battle of Fort Sumter (also the Attack on Fort Sumter or the Fall of Fort Sumter) (April 12–13, 1861) was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston...
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the state capital. † County seat †† State capital and county seat See Kansas forts and posts for a historical list As a supplement to the list of cities...
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of Ford County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 27,788. It was named after nearby Fort Dodge, which was...
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Billy the Kid (redirect from Billy the Kid & The Lincoln County War)
and political hold over Lincoln County since the early 1870s, due in part to their ownership of a beef contract with nearby Fort Stanton and a well-patronized...
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with the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, a federal installation located within the boundaries of the Confederacy. Lincoln was called on to handle both...
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Fort Harker, located in Kanopolis, Kansas, was an active military installation of the United States Army from November 17, 1866, to October 5, 1872. The...
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were not exchanged following their assault on Fort Wagner. On July 30, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued General Order 252 to stop prisoner exchanges...
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The 1945 Fort Riley Ramblers football team represented the United States Army's Fort Riley in Kansas during the 1945 college football season. Led by head...
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Fort Brooks, in northwest Clay County, Kansas, was located three miles west of Clifton, Kansas. Built on the north bank of the Republican River in August...
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includes present-day Fort Collins, Greeley and the portions of Boulder north of Baseline Road, in addition to portions of Kansas Territory, New Mexico...
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Nebraska Dept of Transportation; Lincoln, NE, obtained 2016. Fort Kearny was the first major fort. Barnes, Jeff. Forts of the Northern Plains: Guide to...
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Lincoln High School (Lincoln, Arkansas) Lincoln High School (Fort Smith, Arkansas), segregated black school operating between 1892 and 1966 Lincoln High...
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Fort Bain (also called "Fort Bourbon") was a log house in the Kansas Territory built in 1857 by John Brown and his associate Captain Oliver P. Bain (or...
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The Battle of Fort Pillow, also known as the Fort Pillow massacre was fought on April 12, 1864, at Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River in Henning, Tennessee...
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35th Infantry Division (United States) (category 1919 disestablishments in Kansas)
formation of the United States Army National Guard headquartered at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The 35th Division was organized 25 August 1917, at Camp Doniphan...
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