Fort Scott
Fort Scott
Description
There have been hundreds of sightings here of soldiers from the Civil War and fog-like apparitions sifting up the chimney in the officers’ quarters. This fort was built in the 1800’s during Bleeding Kansas and border wars with Missouri. People have also reported seeing ghosts in the cell block.
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Case Notes
Case Notes
Imported from The Shadowlands Database
Haunted Lineage notes: Fort Scott was built in 1842, before the Civil War. It was built along the military road in eastern Kansas between Fort Leavenworth and Fort Gibson. The fort was established to provide protection to the ever increasing number of settlers, who mainly migrated from the Eastern United States.
Haunted Lineage notes: Fort Scott was built in 1842, before the Civil War. It was built along the military road in eastern Kansas between Fort Leavenworth and Fort Gibson. The fort was established to provide protection to the ever increasing number of settlers, who mainly migrated from the Eastern United States.
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Location
Old Fort Boulevard, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas, 66701, United States

