Fort Scott, Kansas

Fort Scott High School is a public high school in Fort Scott, Kansas, United States at 1005 South Main Street. It is operated by Fort Scott USD 234 public school district. The school mascot is a tiger and the school colors are red and white.

The Bourbon County Courthouse, located at 210 South National Avenue in Fort Scott, is the seat of government of Bourbon County, Kansas. Fort Scott has been the county seat since 1863; it served as the first county seat in 1855, followed by Marmaton. The courthouse was built from 1929 to 1930 by contractors Thogmartin-Reid Construction Company. Architect Cuthbert & Suehrk of Topeka, Kansas designed the courthouse in the Neoclassical style. The courthouse is a three stories and faces east. It is constructed of brown-colored brick, stone, and concrete. Four Corinthian columns rise from the second story to the third story. The north side has a one-story annex that was originally constructed in 1971 as a jail. The current courthouse is the third structure used as a courthouse. The first courthouse was the Fort Scott City Hall which was designed by Goodlander & Allison and built at a cost of $3,900; the courthouse occupied the second story. The second courthouse was designed by J. H. Gardner and built by James Thomson in 1887. It was destroyed by fire in 1929. Cuthbert & Suehrk also designed courthouses in Montgomery County and Norton County.

First Congregational Church (also known as Brethren Church or Old Congregational Church) is a church at 502 South National Avenue in Fort Scott, Kansas. The Gothic Revival church was built in 1872-73 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.It was built in brick to replace the original First Congregational Church which was made of wood and which burned in 1872. The church "is an excellent example of the English Gothic style of architecture, with its pointed arch (lancet) windows, vaulted ceiling, steeply pitched roof and tall steeple."

The First Presbyterian Church in Fort Scott, Kansas, at 308 S. Crawford, was built in 1925. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.It is an L-shaped three-and-a-half-story brick and limestone building. It was designed by Kansas City, Missouri architect Ernest Olaf Brostrom. It was deemed notable as "an excellent example of Collegiate Gothic-style architecture."

Fort Scott National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Fort Scott, in Bourbon County, Kansas. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 21.8 acres (8.8 ha), and as of 2021, had more than 8,000 interments. It is one of three national cemeteries in Kansas (the other two being Fort Leavenworth and Leavenworth).

In spring and possibly through summer 1864, three blockhouses were constructed to help defend the town and post of Fort Scott. These were Fort Blair, Fort Henning and Fort Insley. Fort Blair was enclosed by a rectangular wall of log palisades covered on the outside by earthworks, which in turn were surrounded by a wide, deep ditch. These were to be used by armed men and cannon in case the town and post were attacked by Confederate guerrillas or regular forces. A drawing of Fort Blair and its stockade showed the stockade as about waist high.Fort Blair was named for Gen. Charles W. Blair. This fort contained two 24-pounder guns. The blockhouse was built of sawed or thick boards, which was covered with rough boards. It had openings for rifles and small cannon and was roofed with wood shingles. Three of the gun ports were on the second floor and a fourth was on the first floor. The structure was two stories tall.Fort Blair was the second largest of the three blockhouses, measuring sixteen by sixteen feet. It was in south Fort Scott, located between Main Street and Scott Avenue. The fort was several blocks south of the main part of the post of Fort Scott.Fort Blair was used to guard Fort Scott when Confederate Maj. Gen. Sterling Price passed through the area in late October 1864 near the end of his failed raid into Arkansas, Missouri and Kansas (see Price's Missouri Raid). Price wanted to overrun the defenders at Fort Scott, but not one shot was fired when Price passed within sight of the post.Fort Scott was closed as military post in October 1865. The Fort Blair blockhouse was the only of the three not to be torn down. It was disassembled and moved at least twice. Finally it was reconstructed and placed adjacent to the Fort Scott National Historic Site, where it remains today.

Fort Scott National Historic Site is a historical area under the control of the United States National Park Service in Bourbon County, Kansas, United States. Named after General Winfield Scott, who achieved renown during the Mexican–American War, during the middle of the 19th century the fort served as a military base for US Army action in what was the edge of settlement in 1850. For the next quarter century, it was used as a supply base and to provide security in turbulent areas during the opening of the West to settlement, a period which included Bleeding Kansas and the American Civil War. The current national historic site protects 20 historic structures, a parade ground, and five acres (20,000 m2) of restored tallgrass prairie, inside the city of Fort Scott. It is open to visitors most days of the year.

Fort Scott Community College is a public community college in Fort Scott, Kansas. It has satellite buildings in other cities in Crawford County, including Pittsburg and Frontenac, along with sites in Paola and at the Hillsdale Learning Center.

Scott Township is a township in Bourbon County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,326.

Wolverine Creek is a stream in Bourbon County, Kansas, in the United States.Wolverine Creek was named for the wolves seen there by early settlers.

Lath Branch is a stream in Bourbon County, Kansas, in the United States.Lath Branch was named from the fact a pioneer craftsman produced lath near this creek.