[Fort Scott, Kansas, ca. 1840-1869]: Old well plaza – Antique Print
![[Fort Scott, Kansas, ca. 1840-1869]: Old well plaza, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b1/b151cde5cb70-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic print of [Fort Scott, Kansas, ca. 1840-1869]: Old well plaza. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Fort Scott, Kansas, ca. 1840-1869]: Old well plaza
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The caption identifies this print as a view of the old well plaza at Fort Scott, Kansas, a place where the well and its surrounding walls were the main feature of the scene. The army established Fort Scott in 1842 on the Marmaton River in what was then the frontier of eastern Kansas, and its garrison guarded the region's roads and settlements through the 1840s and 1850s. The card gives a date range of about 1840 to 1869 but no exact date, and it notes that the record is unverified, so the image is best read as a document of the fort's frontier years rather than a precisely dated scene.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print. |
| Subjects | Retouched photocopy. No. 9. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Walls; Forts; Kansas--Fort Scott. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,199 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-141306 |
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