Loren, More Please. Jackie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Loren Adams" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 9:57 PM Subject: Re: [MAUPIN-L] Maupin's & Fort Scott & Kansas > Susan, (and others) > > At your request - a bit more on Kansas and the Forts. > > This is kind of a "Readers Digest" version. > > The first set of Forts - built around 1840 - ran from Fort Dodge, Iowa to > Fort Smith, Arkansas. At this time most of the future states, were not even > territories. The primary purpose of the forts was to keep the "Red Man" West > and the "White man" East. Fort Scott was originally built in what was the > territory of Missouri. The major exception to this rule was the Osage > Mission, located near present day Girard. The mission activities extended > from there to Olathe on the North and Wichita on the West. There was a trail > known as the "Military Highway" (basically US Highway-169) that was used to > transport supplies, mail, etc. between the Forts. Both the Oregon and Santa > Fe trails had origins at Westport (a waterfront area) on the Missouri at the > west side of what is now Kansas City, MO. There was a branch of the SF trail > that went West from Ft. Scott (Roughly US-54) and caught the main trail out > about the junction of the Arkansas River > > As population put pressures on the government, the area became states and > territories. After the Mexican War of 1846, most of the old Forts ceased to > exist as such. However a new line of military forts were built, starting at > Ft. Leavenworth: to protect the westward trails and expansion. Included were > Ft. Riley, Ft. Hays and Ft. Dodge. Then came the "War of the Rebellion". > During and after this were the conflicts with the native Americans. Two of > the Forts, Riley and Leavenworth, still serve training and active duty > purposes and participated in the most recent military activities in Iraq. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joan Bain" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 8:11 PM > Subject: Re: [MAUPIN-L] Maupin's & Fort Scott & Kansas > > > > > ==== MAUPIN Mailing List ==== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > <http://pml.rootsweb.com> Search our Maupin Message Board at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.maupin > >