Various scenes from one of Kansas early Cowtowns, including Old Cowtown Museum and more. Wichita was established as a trading post just off the Chisholm Trail in the 1860's, and was officially incorporated in 1870.
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Various scenes from one of Kansas early Cowtowns, including Old Cowtown Museum and more. Wichita was established as a trading post just off the Chisholm Trail in the 1860's, and was officially incorporated in 1870.
Fort Larned, Kansas
About six miles west of Larned, Kansas the Fort Larned National Historic Site preserves the 1859 military post of Fort Larned. On October 22, 1859 Captain George H. Stewart, commanding Company K of the First United States Cavalry, was sent out with his company to establish a mail escort station on the line of the Santa Fe Trail. On October 22nd he selected a site on the…