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Fort Zarah -- Fort Zarah was established in 1864 at a site about 2 miles east of present-day Great Bend, Kansas and was originally named Camp Dunlap. It was moved about one-half mile upstream in 1866 and was abandoned in 1869. Textual records of this fort, 1864-1869, including registers, reports, and correspondence, are in the National Archives and are described in [http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/393.html Records of United States Army, Continental Commands, 1821-1920], under the section entitled Records of Posts, 1820-1940 (Record Group 393.7). | Fort Zarah -- Fort Zarah was established in 1864 at a site about 2 miles east of present-day Great Bend, Kansas and was originally named Camp Dunlap. It was moved about one-half mile upstream in 1866 and was abandoned in 1869. Textual records of this fort, 1864-1869, including registers, reports, and correspondence, are in the National Archives and are described in [http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/393.html Records of United States Army, Continental Commands, 1821-1920], under the section entitled Records of Posts, 1820-1940 (Record Group 393.7). | ||
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A paper was presented by William C. Pollard, Jr. at the Fourteenth Annual Mid-American Conference on History in 1992 about [http://www.vlib.us/old_west/forts1865.html Kansas Forts During the Civil War]. It lists many of the above forts and others, as well. | A paper was presented by William C. Pollard, Jr. at the Fourteenth Annual Mid-American Conference on History in 1992 about [http://www.vlib.us/old_west/forts1865.html Kansas Forts During the Civil War]. It lists many of the above forts and others, as well. | ||
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[http://www.kshs.org/places/forts/ Kansas Frontier Forts], a web site maintained by the Kansas State Historical Society. | [http://www.kshs.org/places/forts/ Kansas Frontier Forts], a web site maintained by the Kansas State Historical Society. | ||
''Encyclopedia of Indian Wars Western Battles and Skirmishes 1850-1890''. By Gregory F. Michno. Mountain Press publishing Co., Missoula, Montana. C. 2003 ISBN 0-87842-468-7 | ''Encyclopedia of Indian Wars Western Battles and Skirmishes 1850-1890''. By Gregory F. Michno. Mountain Press publishing Co., Missoula, Montana. C. 2003 [[/en/index.php?title=Special:BookSources&isbn=0878424687|ISBN 0-87842-468-7]] | ||
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