Fort Larned National Historic Site

Grassland at Fort Larned NHS, NPS PhotoParade Ground at Fort Larned NHS, NPS PhotoOfficer's Row at Fort Larned NHS, NPS Photo

With nine beautifully restored buildings Fort Larned NHS gives you a chance to experience military life on the Santa Fe Trail. Established on the vast prairie in western Kansas, troops stationed at Fort Larned protected mail coaches, freighters and other Trail traffic. As the site of an Indian Agency, Fort Larned also was instrumental in maintaining friendly relations with Plains Indians.



National Park Service
Desert Southwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
Rocky Mountains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
Sonoran Institute
Montana State University