Fort Wakarusa (Q18150349)

  • matcher place: Kansas (relation 161644), Douglas County (relation 1070370)
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  • English Wikipedia categories: 1855 establishments in Kansas Territory, Buildings and structures in Douglas County, Kansas, Forts in Kansas
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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Little is known about Fort Wakarusa, which was built by free-state partisans between 1855 and 1857. Historian William E. Connelley drew a map in the 1920s that located the fort on the north side of the Wakarusa River, at Blue Jacket's Crossing. The town of Sebastian, Kansas, was on the south side of the river. Considering that the area is very flat and that there are some meander scars showing that the river has changed course various times, the site of Fort Wakarusa may today be on the south side of the river. The fort was located about midway between Lawrence, Kansas, and Eudora, Kansas.

Wikidata location: 38.9272, -95.1376 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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