Kansas Forts and Bases

Sentinels on the Prairie

• Author(s): Debra Goodrich Bisel, Michelle M. Martin,
• Publisher: History Press
• Pages: 144
• ISBN_10: 1609498267
  ISBN_13: 9781609498269
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Military / Pictorial , History / Military / United States , History / Military / Fortifications , History / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) , History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) , Technology & Engineering / Military Science , Travel / Museums, Tours, Points of Interest ,

Description:... The relationship between Kansas and the science of war is ingrained, consistent and evident, yet it seems antithetical to the quiet, conservative farmer who is the quintessential image of the state. It is not. The same values created both, and both created Kansas. From early exploration of America, Bleeding Kansas, the Civil War and the Plains Indian wars to the world wars and the modern era, the forts and bases of the Sunflower State have been central to America's defense. Beginning with Fort de Cavagnial in 1744 through to the defunct fields of Cold War missile silos, historians Debra Goodrich Bisel and Michelle M. Martin provide a guide to the forts and posts throughout Kansas.