Fort Larned National Historic Site

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Guardian of the Santa Fe Trail

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.

		Tour Fort Larned NHS These expanded pages allow you to take a more in-depth look at Fort Larned NHS.

		Stabilization Over the summers of 2005 and 2006 a team from the Historic Preservation Training Center in Frederick, Maryland has been working on the stabilization of the Old Commissary--the oldest remaining building at Fort Larned constructed in 1866.

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Fort Larned NHS
RR3 Box 69
Larned, KS 67550-9733

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Phone

Visitor Center
(620) 285-6911

Fax

(620) 285-3571

Climate

The climate of the area is classified as typical interior continental type with cold winters, warm summers and a short spring and fall. Dress for the season.

Fort Larned National Historic Site

Fort Larned National Historic Site Information