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Title: Fort Leavenworth, Military Exercise
Description: Army men in formation with cannons and rifles for a military exercise in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Signed on the front, "yours truly Nichols." Handwritten in ink on the back, "To H. C. Keeling/from yours truly/[?] Russy Nichols."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth, Military Band
Description: Group photograph of a military band at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, standing at attention outside in front of the barracks.
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth, Military Parade
Description: Men of varying ranks in the rifle corps and the military band stand at attention on the grounds before the barracks and homes in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Written on the back in purple pencil, "235 I."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Fort Leavenworth-Fort Gibson Military Road and the Founding of Fort Scott
Description: Article gives the history of the establishment of the military road from Fort Snelling to Louisiana, with emphasis on the portion between Fort Leavenworth and Fort Gibson in Oklahoma. The whole route was divided into three sections: Northern - Fort Snelling to Fort Leavenworth; Southern - Arkansas River to Fort Towson; and Middle - Fort Leavenworth and the Arkansas River. Includes a map of the whole route, dated June, 1845, "compiled for the U.S. Topographical Bureau and published in Doc. 59, Serial 322; with additional data from a map [1851] accompanying Doc.1, Serial 611". Also has a map which shows the Fort Leavenworth-Fort Scott segment.
Date: 1942-05-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Soldier and Brave: Indian and Military Affairs in the Trans-Mississippi West, Including a Guide to Historic Sites and Landmarks
Description: History with photos of Fort Leavenworth in northeastern Kansas, including its main role in protecting traders on the Santa Fe Trail from Indians, use in the Mexican War, and later military functions.
Date: 1963
Object Type: Book

Title: Fort Leavenworth
Description: Army men of varying ranks in the band and the rifle corps at attention on lawn in front the barracks in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth
Description: Group photograph of soldiers in uniform with their rifles. In the background, there are men in civilian dress mingling informally with men in uniform. There is also a group of men in uniform on the balcony of the second storey of the barracks in the background. Handwritten on the back in pencil, "Fr./Cv. G./Capt. Bradford/147 I."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth, Riflemen
Description: Group photograph of men in military uniform holding rifles at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, standing in front of barracks. Handwritten in pencil on the back lower left corner, "234 I/Co. H."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth, Sergeants
Description: Seven sergeants stand holding their hats wearing military jackets at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. All of their jackets have three chevrons on each arm, indicating the rank of Sergeant.
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth, Riflemen
Description: Group photograph of soldiers in uniform with rifles at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, standing in front of barrakcs. Handwritten in pencil on the back top right corner, "232 I/Com. E."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth, Riflemen
Description: Group photograph of Army men in military uniform holding rifles at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, standing in front of the barracks. Written on the back in purple pencil, "143 I."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth Residence
Description: A family sits on the stairs and porch of a house in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Written on the back in pencil, "269 I/Lieut Guard/To be shown Capt. Vauer."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Recollections of Early Times in Kansas Territory: From the Standpoint of a Regular Cavalryman
Description: Article was written for the Kansas State Historical Society by Robert Morris Peck. He was in the military and belonged to Company E, First Cavalry stationed in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Discusses the fort, pre-Civil War Kansas, the Indians, early Kansas City, Bent's Fort, western trails, etc.
Date: 1903-04
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Douglas's Battery at Fort Leavenworth: The Issue of Black Officers during the Civil War
Description: Photos, illustrations, and article about the black soldiers enlisted in "the Independent Battery, U. S. Colored Light Artillery, or Douglas's Battery" at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, during the Civil War. Description of several African Americans in the Union military in the mid-1800s not formerly allowed to join in previous American wars because of their race or ethnicity.
Date: 2000
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Plan of Cantonment Leavenworth, 1828 [and] A Report and Remarks on Cantonment Leavenworth
Description: Portrait (of Colonel Leavenworth), map (of the plans for Cantonment Leavenworth in 1828), and article about Fort Leavenworth, planned in 1828 and built in 1829 near the present city of Leavenworth, Kansas, and named for its first leader, Colonel Henry Leavenworth (1783-1834).
Date: 1947-11
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Fort Leavenworth
Description: 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.
Date: 1987
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Fort Leavenworth: Gateway to the West
Description: Book gives the history of Fort Leavenworth, located by the Missouri River in Kansas, which began as Cantonment Leavenworth in May 1827 and was founded by and named after Colonel Henry Leavenworth. Contains nine chapters and brings the history of the garrison up to the twentieth century. Includes numerous illustrations including photographs, drawings, and maps.
Date: 2000
Object Type: Book

Title: Visit the Oldest Home in Kansas
Description: 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.
Date: 2008-11-18
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Early-Day Fort Leavenworth, Missouri: Selected Scenes, Episodes and Facts of This Western Outpost from Its Founding to the Mexican War
Description: History of Fort Leavenworth from its founding in 1827 to the Mexican War in 1846, describing its role in safeguarding the Santa Fe Trail from Indians and others, its establishment by Colonel Henry Leavenworth (1783-1834) in 1827, etc., with map and illustration.
Date: 1956-07
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: New Prison Adds to Fort's Mystique
Description: Fort Leavenworth's new massive $95 million prison complex will replace three military prisons, one at Fort Knox in Kentucky, Fort Sill in Oklahoma, and Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. The new building of the Midwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility has been LEED certified for its environmental design. It has 250,000 square feet with space for 464 beds and sits on 40 acres.
Date: 2010-09-29
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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