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Title
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Fort Larned, Kansas
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Description
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Photos, map, illustrations, and information on Fort Larned, Kansas, a military fort built in the late 1860s "to guard wagon trains on the Santa Fe trail" in the western part of the state.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Soldiers Get Overdue Salute
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Description
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A monument was recently erected in Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery honoring 62 Union soldiers who died protecting Fort Larned, Kansas, during the Civil War. A volunteer at Ft. Larned, Janice Seymore, led the effort to memoralize the soldiers.
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Date
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2009-09-20
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Pawnee River Crossings on the Santa Fe Trail
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Description
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Article describes the role of the Pawnee River in Kansas in traveling the Santa Fe Trail. Historical matierial about Fort Larned is featured in the article.
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Date
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2003-08
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Coon Creek Crossings on the Santa Fe Trail
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Description
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Article discusses the several Santa Fe Trail crossings of Coon Creek, a tributary of the Arkansas River flowing through Ford, Edwards, and Pawnee Counties in Kansas. Coon Creek's proximity to Fort Larned made it a setting for several altercations between U.S. soldiers, Santa Fe Trail freighters, and Native Americans.
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Date
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2005-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Story of Fort Larned
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Description
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Story of the contruction and maintenance of Fort Larned starting about 1859 in Kansas Territory "at the confluence of Pawnee creek and the Arkansas river" (a site chosen by Indian agent William Bent) "to provide a base from which troops might protect Santa Fe trail commerce in an area that was notorious as an Indian rendezvous."
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Date
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1957
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Following the Arkansas River
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Description
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Article describes modern day travel along the Arkansas River from Wichita, Kansas, to Leadville, Colorado. Special events on the journey include the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson, Kansas, Santa Fe Trail Days at Fort Larned National Historic Site, the Traditional Holiday Celebration at Bent's Fort, and the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo, Colorado.
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Date
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2004-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Bending Iron
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Description
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Profile of modern-day Fort Larned blacksmith Pete Bethke. Bethke makes hand forged products in the old blacksmith shop, "a place George Armstrong Custer might have visited when he was stationed at Fort Larned."
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Date
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2004-09
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
