San Angelo, TX, Library
In 1854 Sen. Stephen A. Douglas requested a Kansas-Nebraska Act which repealed both the Compromise of 1850 and the Missouri Compromise [1820]; it opened some new land and made territories of Kansas and Nebraska where residents could vote to decide if they favored slavery or not.
[Photos taken 3 Aug]
Zooming in on the Dragoons Stable and Barracks (ctr). When Ft Scott was sold to the public in 1855 some of it buildings became hotels; the infantry barracks became the Western Hotel, a proslavery headquarters, and the Officers Quarters became the Ft Scott Hotel, (aka, the "Free State Hotel").
Straight ahead: the stables; and to the left, the Infantry Barracks, which became the Western Hotel.
In his 4-volume history of the U.S. Senate, the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D,WV) stated that the compromises brokered by Daniel Webster, John Calhoun, and Henry Clay beteen 1820 and 1854 delayed the start of the Civil War; had that War started in the 1850s when the north was still divided on the slavery issue, we might today be 2 nations rather than one.
A sketch of a near-riot at a conference called by the Kansas Territorial Governor; while it came close to violence, the conference did stop the "bleeding" for a while.
As this plaque explains, dragoons were able to fight on horseback or on foot; they were essentially predecessors of the cavalry.
As the following plaque explains, the dragoons of Ft Scott made a 2200 mile round trip from their home base to South Pass in present-day Wyoming.
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Links:
- National Park Service website for Fort Scott
- Wikipedia article on Fort Scott Historic Site
- Wikipedia article on the 1854 Kansas - Nebraska Act
Routes:
Su 14 Sep Actual Route: San Angelo Sherwood Wy W/M - Visitor Ctr - San Angelo Sherwood Wy W/M
M 15 Sep Actual Route: San Angelo Sherwood Wy W/M - Lib - Visitor Ctr - McDs - San Angelo Sherwood Wy W/M
T 16 Sep Actual Route: San Angelo Sherwood Wy W/M - Angelo Automotive - S/A VA Clinic - Lib - San Angelo Sherwood Wy W/M
W 17 Sep Actual Route: Sherwood Wy W/M - S/A VA Clinic - Lib - Sherwood Wy W/M
Th 18 Sep Actual Route: Sherwood Wy W/M - Angelo Automotive - S/A VA Clinic - Lib - S/A VA Clinic Pk Lot
F 19 Sep Actual Route: S/A VA Clinic - Big Spr VA Hosp - Lib - Sherwood Wy W/M
Sa 20 Sep Actual Route: Sherwood Wy W/M - Visitor Center - Lib - Sherwood Wy W/M
Su 21 Sep Actual Route: Sherwood Wy W/M - Visitor Center - Big Lots - Sherwood Wy W/M
M 22 Sep Actual Route: Sherwood Wy W/M - Lib - Sherwood Wy W/M
T 23 Sep Actual Route: Sherwood Wy W/M - Lib - Sherwood Wy W/M
Finding Campgrounds:
- RV Campgrounds from TrailerLifeDirectory.com
- Family Camping Directories from Woodalls.com
- Free campsites website
- Info on finding BLM Campgrounds
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