Stewart's Fort - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Stewart's Fort - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Rev. John E. Stewart, a free stater, moved about four miles southeast of Lawrence, Kansas, about 1859. Stewart made a land claim on the south side of the Wakarusa River, at a horseshoe bend. Here he built a fortress home, which became known as Stewart's Fort. Not much is known about the fort, other than it was surrounded by brush and was secluded and it had some sort of defensive walls surrounding it.William E. Connelley, Quantrill and the Border Wars (Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Torch Press, 1909), p. 117."Map of Historic Douglas County, Kansas" (N.p.: Geo-Graphics Inc., 1985), p. 2. Read more on Wikipedia
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