I have a seperate review for that so please check it out. There is also a great museum called The Frontier Army Musem which AAA rates as a gem and it really is a great museum. Thomas Custer was killed in the Battle of the Little Big Horn and was the first man to receive 2 Medals of Honor. It is here that the grave of Thomas Custer (brother of George A. There are more than 22.500 graves from every war since the War of 1812. Leavenworth was one of the first national cemeteries established by Abraham Lincoln in 1862. There is a beautiful monument dedicated to theĪfrican-American Soldiers who served in the 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments. It was here that the 10th Cavalry was organized in 1866. Leavenworth was also home to the Buffalo Soldiers. leavenworth you cannot even see it from any road.įt. The actual prison was torn down in 2005 and even though there is a new prison located on Ft. You can see the front entrance and walls to the original prison that was built in 1873. Leavenworth on their way across the Oregon and Santa Fe Trails.Įveryone has heard about the infamous military prison at Ft Leavenworht right? This is where it is. The cut in the hillside can still be seen where thousands of Oxen pulled wagons passed through Ft. The bluff is lined with cannons from the Revolutionary War and the Civil War era. You can stand and look down at the river and just imagine them making their way down the river and into history. Lewis and Clark passed by these bluffs on their expedition in 1804. The fort is on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River. With that being said, it certainly has 182 years worth of history to see. It was established to help protect the people traveling on the Oregon and Santa Fe Trails. Ft Leavenworth was established on May 8,1827 by Colonel Henry Leavenworth.
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