Places in Fort Scott, Kansas
Brick History
In the early 1900s a large brick plant here produced 100,000 bricks every 10 days. The bricks...Crooner's Lounge
Soft jazz, songs of Sinatra and Como, or other mood-setting music is the appetizer for a fine...Downtown Fort Scott
The red-brick main street creates a nostalgic ribbon down the center of a charming downtown....Dry Wood Creek Restaurant (formerly Nate's Place)
Formerly Nate's Place (guidebook, page 225), Dry Wood Creek Cafe now occupies one of the Twin...First Congregational Church
The local preservation alliance saved this 1873 church from demolition in 1973 and restored it...First Presbyterian Church
Three members made up the total congregation of this church when it was formed in 1859. When...Fort Scott Carnegie Library
Built in the Beaux Arts style, the 1904 two-story red-brick Carnegie library still operates as...Fort Scott Downtown Historic District
Oak to Third and Scott to National. Despite fires, including the most recent in 2005, and the...Fort Scott Historic Walking and Driving Tour
The walking or driving tour brochure describes 46 sites and provides an excellent overview of...Fort Scott National Cemetery
The trolley-guided and self-guided tours point out gravestones for U.S. Colored troops, Native...An 8 Wonder of Kansas!
Fort Scott National Historic Site
Named for General Winfield Scott, the fort originally was established in 1842. Soldiers...Fort Scott Post Office Art
Border Gateways, a 1937 oil on canvas by Oscar E. Berninghaus, depicts pioneers in covered...Fort Scott Restaurants
You'll find lots of locally-owned restaurant choices in Fort Scott. Click here or on the...Frontier Military Historic Byway
From Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, through Fort Scott, and north to Fort Leavenworth, this byway...Gordon Parks Gravestone
From 23rd, 1½ miles south on U.S. 69, then ½ mile west on Indian (Evergreen Cemetery). Look...An 8 Wonder of Kansas!
Gordon Parks Museum
Gordon Parks, born in Fort Scott in 1912, was a pioneer for blacks in the fields of...Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records abound in Fort Scott—four records, to be exact. A team of Fort Scott...Gunn Park Activites
In 1910 W.C. Gunn donated the land for Gunn Park and some 20 years later the WPA added the...Gunn Park Doll Houses
For years Gunn Park had its own caretaker who lived on site with his family. In 1927 caretaker...Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes
This state-of-the-art exhibition space recognizes unsung heroes who stood up for others, often...Marsh Rainbow Bridge
From 1st, ½ mile north on National. Named the National Avenue Bridge and painted bright rust...Pine Lawn Cemetery
From E. Wall, 3 miles south on U.S. 69/K-7, ½ mile west on Ironwood, then ¼ mile south on...Trolley Tour
The trolley driver doubles as guide offering an informative 50-minute tour around town in an...Twin Mansions
A Boston banker built these two grand red-brick homes for his daughters and their husbands,...Union Block
The two-story wooden structure just outside the fort's entrance was built around 1864 to help...Vindeo del Alamo Winery
Bobby and Denise Duncan moved here from south Texas to start their winery. Using...Lodging
We are sure there are options for lodging, however, we didn't explore them.
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