History of Frontier Forts of Kansas

[@naturelvr123]

I was a military soldier assigned to Ft Riley in 1967. As a photographer on post I photographed the "goings on" in the post. My last assignment- photographed "Chief"the last calvary horse in the US Army. Chief is buried standing up in the parade grounds in Ft. Riley.

[@chuckhaggard1584]

My dad was stationed there in the late '70s, I've seen that statue, and the Cavalry Museum, Custer's House, etc. Neat stuff

[@tickles5289]

Cavalry not "calvary."

[@waynelayton8568]

I was posted at fort Lincoln in 1876

[@rev.randall2292]

Chief had an interesting , hard time to get there after years of being displayed.

[@caroletomlinson5480]

The military road between Ft. Leavenworth and Ft. Scott ran right through the western part of what is now Kansas City, Kansas, and the soldiers had to be ferried across the Kansas River nearby. I’d like to know more about how that part of Kansas changed hands from the Native Kansa to displaced Native Delaware people to settlers. This history helped fill in much that those of us who grew up in KS in the 20th century were not educated about. THANKS👍

[@rossbryan6102]

THE EARLIEST FORT IN KANSAS WAS THE FRENCH FORT , DE LA CAVIGINAL JUST NORTH OF FT LEAVENWORTH ON THE WEST BANK OF THE MISSOURI RIVER! THIS WAS THE FURTHEST WEST OF THE FRENCH CANADIAN COLONIAL PRESENCE ! IT WAS ALSO AN FUR TRAPPING FAR WEST SETTLEMENT AS WELL!! IT WAS ACTIVE IN THE 1740/ 1750s ERA!

[@ThePrader]

I lived at #4 Reynolds Ave. Ft. Leavenworth, KS. I was also a Whipper-in at the last military foxhunt in the USA, The Ft. Leavenworth Hunt. I went to visit the German POW graves, tucked away in a long forgotten part of the fort. EDIT. At 29:16 is a picture of what was known as "The Beehive". It was a brick building used both as a BOQ and for officers of Company grade rank with families. It was torn down years ago. It is right around the corner from the Fort stables where I kept my horses. My house was across the street from the current CGSC. The cannon they fired everyday when the flag was lowered used to rattle all the windows. The museum at Ft. Leavenworth is outstanding. Ft. Leavenworth also has a "Custer house" where Custer's younger brother, the one with two MOH'S, lived. The "Buffalo Soldier" monument is on "The main drag", or road leading into the Fort, and next to a BOQ. Ft. Leavenworth was also known as "The Mother of the US Army". So many young officers met their future wives , from the ladies raised in the town of Leavenworth, and then married at Ft. Leavenworth, it got that nickname long ago. Many "Army brats", would, like me, choose a military career.

[@Highplainsprospectors]

Cool documentary about our state and its history!

[@4knanapapa]

Just visited Fort Scott last spring after seeing it will driving in our motor home, beautifully maintained old fort and quaint small town, ended up staying 4 days.

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

Most of their recruits came from the East. The Westerners knew what a soldier's life was like and wanted nothing to do with it. They had a lot of desertion and few re-enlistments. As a matter of perspective - at Little Big Horn - there were about 6,000 Indians, men, women and children - with between 1500 and 2500 combatants. Custer had about 450 guys total - of which about 235 were killed with him. At the Battle of Gettysburg there were over 70,000 guys *_ON EACH SIDE_* . The Indians didn't stand a chance. The only reason the Army had so much trouble with them - was Congress was cheap and wouldn't pay for enough men to keep the Indians from raiding each other and the Whites. When the Whites showed up - the Indians didn't treat them any differently than they had each other. They'd send out Raiding parties that were opportunistic. They'd make a judgment call - can we take them? If the answer was - no - or we'll suffer to many casualties - they'd go somewhere else. If the Answer was Yes - they'd steal the horsed, kill the men, rape the women and kidnap the girls and children they wanted to keep. They'd then take the women they captured back to their village and put their wombs to work making babies for their tribe instead of their enemies. The difference between the Whites and the other Indian Tribes - was the Whites could call on the Army. Once the Indians were put on Reservations - they were a lot easier to control - but - then they'd leave and the Army would have to chase them back. That is what the Army was doing on the Little Big Horn. After Custer, the Indians packed up and left but they could move about as fast as the Army could - so - the Army mostly just followed them around trying to catch them which on occasion they did. The big thing though - was that while they were being chased by the Army - they couldn't forage and began to get hungry. So - they went back to the Reservation where they knew the Government would feed them - and it did. Mission Accomplished - the Army went back to it's Barracks. .

[@daveweiss5647]

I know it's cliche... but they really don't make em like this anymore! Great Documentary!

[@johnking6252]

Narrator is an old familiar voice ! Comforting. ✌️

[@hmj1116]

I was sent to Fort Riley Kansas after basic training at Fort Ord Monterey, California..

[@torres870rem]

The union Army was fighting for fee stete but at the same time they were killing Natives American for Land.

[@robertbates6057]

I find it difficult to reconcile the rationalizations used by our forefathers in genocide, slavery and deception while touting freedom and Christianity. I firmly believe in God and freedom but some things I can't understand the consciousness of those times. Still happening today I guess. I do know that few issues are black and white but people insist that it be.

[@nialloneill5097]

@@robertbates6057 From tidings I have received...it is black and white. The land belonged to the Natives...this they had been told for many centuries. They were also foretold of the coming of the white man, and that this could be a major crossroads for their way of life. They were given strict instructions to not cede land, mix ways, accept their monies or word, and not to interbreed. Not all tribes were as spiritual and firm in their conviction as others though, and so the slow invasion and genocide occurred. Tecumseh was the last chance to retain land for an all Native land...the Great Spirit still showed that he loved these peoples...and so his servants, the nature spirits, showed their disdain for the ways of the white man with the appearance and uncanny events of many natural phenomenon. See the New Madrid Earthquake. Natives went to the hills...they had been told the white man would bring the end times to all...but that time was reserved for another day. Sept 2028 and Spring of 2033 will prove key yrs for what are the last acts of the Last Judgment...in the Apocalypse. Some natives still retain some of this knowledge that was given them...whilst white Europeans were warned during the 1800s, and early 1900s...Fatima being the last prophecy. The Church, at which these warnings were primarily aimed, has twisted and withheld these entreaties to men...they told of 3 world wars, nuclear holocausts, and the end of almost the entire mankind...and with it the end of the Church...Hence they withheld the truth, to retain power...whilst causing untold damage to the Natives too...as you said, in the most barbaric unchristian like ways. The Native culture was much more advanced spiritually than that of the white race, but they lacked in technology...this does not mean they were backward though. The Lord gives to his own in good time...soon all these technical advances will not prevail, and a renewal will begin through a more natural way of living, with abundant forests around the world. And those who remain will honour the Creator purely, not through the duplicitous means of the Churches, who bar the way to the light as an unnecessary medium. For man has all the means at his disposal within to make a connection with God...through His Laws...but he must pray and live aright.

[@nialloneill5097]

@@robertbates6057 And to help him live aright...for a moral compass...he has his heart, intuition and conscience. Sadly, most of mankind have buried these...and confuse free will with free to do what you want. Responsibility comes for all actions though, and the Last Judgment is the Karmic retribution for all men.

[@Thomas-yr9ln]

I watched a show about old houses. One house had a long underground tunnel that went to a well. It was made that way at the time so they wouldn't have to walk out side to the well so they wouldn't get attacked by Indians getting water.

[@813lem]

Relation to the Scott it was named after. Have family, (more Scotts) in Pittsburg and Wier, Ks as well. So they all tie together in a way.

[@TobaccoRowe1960]

No, the Trail is now Highway 50 it is not gone.

[@johnking6252]

The narrator is someone from my school days, old nature documentaries sounds like ? Familiar! 👍

[@813lem]

Very! I was thinking the same thing. Makes it feel more authentic doesnt it? Lol

[@johnking6252]

very educational .

[@TobaccoRowe1960]

Buffalo's followed the Rivers leaving a Buffalo Trail to follow, before white man arrived.

[@martinheath9973]

I had the honor and the privilege of serving as an officer in both the 7th Cavalry and the 10th Cavalry.

[@TobaccoRowe1960]

I have a relative on my fathers side, Del Rue, he was Quarter Master to the Osage in Pawhuska. His House is a Historical Landmark.

[@jimkinkade6919]

US Disciplinary Barracks at Leavenworth!

[@donaldbeamer3563]

I'm glad that the statues of the Buffalo Soldiers are still standing. I'm surprised that the WOKENESS crowd didn't demand that they be destroyed.

[@TobaccoRowe1960]

Pikes Peak is what you see but the Trail goes over Monarch Pass, the beginning of the Arkansas River.

[@TobaccoRowe1960]

My relatives were Kitowa Scouts from Knoxville TN to Pueblo Co on the Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas Rivers. Actually with the Savannah and the Colorado Rivers, all the way across the USA on The Santa Fe. Kitowa Union Cherokee Scouts. Our Treaty is the Treaty of 1817

[@TobaccoRowe1960]

Should have ate Mulberries to get rid of Scurvy

[@chrisadam332]

What about some of the lesser known forts, like Fort Aubrey. Used to live right next to the site.in south west Kansas.

[@lindakay9552]

Zebulon? That's the first name of my 6th and 7th great grandfathers. But our Surname is Edgerton. They were born in Norwich, CT. My 9th great grandfather was in Saybrook in 1635. My mom's dad was born in Missouri in 1913, but grew up and lived in Kansas most of his life. I know he lived in Texas a few years. And was in Washington by 1940?. I really know nothing about Kansas. Thank you to this video for pulling me into a new rabbit hole. ❤

[@813lem]

Kansas has a pretty neat interesting history. There are some interesting stories from civil war era, Indian territory days, on eastern edge. Western Ks has Scott City, near a site of pueblo ruins, the farthest north ever built. Check it out, you wont be disappointed.

[@jameseicher6916]

A very nicely done documentary! Thank you!

[@kcstafford2784]

Why the background music it makes it hard for the hearing impaired

[@hobbyfarmer62]

Spent 2 years on Fort Riley KS so found thus interesting, must have been a joyful area to be stationed in the early 1800s.

[@TobaccoRowe1960]

Fort Scott is difficult because it is on the Arkansas Trail.

[@DouglasChartier]

There is at-least one & maybe 2 or 3 old military headstones and old wagon ruts on my maternal family farm in far north-west Riley County Kansas, I've contacted the Kansas State and Riley County Historical Societies, Fort Riley, Representative Mann's offices, as well as Topeka TV News stations, to see if anyone would be interested in documenting these headstones & wagon ruts (just north of Fancy Creek) but have gotten zero interest/feedback. I believe these are remnants of the Ft. Riley/Fort Kearney Wagon Trail. I don't want to document this for self serving or financial gain, I just believe the family of these soldiers and historians should know of these graves and wagon trail history, can anyone help?

[@JmarieD]

Contact your county historical or genealogy group or library. They might be willing. If not and you are feeling generous, document and photograph as much as possible and deliver the info to them. It would be a labor of honor and love. You could check on Find- A-Grave to see if these names/ locations headstones have been recorded.

[@BobHartung-xw7pr]

Agree !

[@zachstahl8468]

This was fantastic, thank you!

[@stevenwinterhill3623]

I wonder how they dealt with prairie rattlesnakes

[@garymathena2125]

My uncle Basil was at Fort Huachuca, Arizona in the last cavalry unit in the continental United States in WW2. They outlasted the famed 26th Cavalry in the Philippines.

[@joepepi7394]

Very informative video of our history!

[@vickilindberg6336]

Where did all the woid for building the forts come from?

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

They probably brought it in from where ever they got it. .

[@thomasjefferson5727]

Trees

[@richardmiranda640]

Never heard the term military soldier sounds odd to me

[@stevewheatley243]

Me too. I done 4 yrs in the Corps. Never heard that before

[@vanpearsall]

I worked at Fort Dodge so much history there it’s unreal specially some of the original buildings

[@SeventhTrump-kp5bu]

so sad...

[@billchristopher8892]

Very nice presentation I really enjoyed watching In 2009 while I was visiting family in Kansas had the pleasure to visit Fort Scott

[@bobslug]

Ft. Hays is not spelled "Ft. Hayes".

[@brucemartin2882]

The music got very annoying.

[@tsf5-productions]

The music, to me, is quite grand for such a documentary on Kansas history.

[@Jeffrey-ef5vc]

I did a little time at the prison bordering fort Scott where Custer was at one time stationed,still there I guess

[@arielnagora5316]

What about the frontier forts with log stockades? The ones we see in western films.

[@tquickbiz]

It's sad when history starts to make sense. These are the true definition of sellouts

[@danielclermont4631]

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