Trading Post's fort

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In 1842 a large log fort was built at Trading Post by the United States Army, upon the order of Gen. Winfield Scott. This fort was on the Fort Leavenworth-Fort Gibson Military Road. The completed fort was fairly elaborate. It included space to house a company of dragoons and their horses. Also, it contained a hospital and store houses. Gaps along the outside walls of buildings were filled in with stockade walls. The buildings were built around a large interior open area."Trading Post Is One of Oldest Settlements in the Entire State," Fort Scott Tribune and the Fort Scott Monitor, May 30, 1942, anniversary ed., historical sec., p. 8. Read more on Wikipedia

type: military structure
date from: 1842

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