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Title
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Fort Leavenworth
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Description
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History of Fort Leavenworth, also known as Cantonment Leavenworth, established in 1828 near the site of present Leavenworth, Kansas, and "one of the nation's oldest active Army posts west of the Mississippi River," although "never attacked" and becoming a military training camp starting in World War I.
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Date
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1987
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Visit the Oldest Home in Kansas
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Description
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The Rookery building, located at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, was built between 1828 and 1832 and is considered the oldest residence in Kansas. The building "housed the post's soldiers and officers, including Andrew Reeder, the first territorial governor of Kansas, William Clark's stepdaughter and a young lieutenant by the name of Douglas MacArthur, who lived there with his mother." The Rookery is just one of 269 homes at the fort listed on the National Register of Historic Places and one of 66 others that are part of a $3 million preservation project. The home is still lived in but will be open to the public to tour during this week.
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Date
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2008-11-18
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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