Fort Wakarusa
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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.
1855
Wikidata
Location: 38.9272, -95.1376, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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Battle of Black Jack ⓘ
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Battle of Fort Titus ⓘ
1856 battle during the Bleeding Kansas era -
Lawrence Massacre ⓘ
1863 raid in the American Civil War -
Skirmish near Brooklyn, Kansas ⓘ
battle of the American Civil War -
Wakarusa War ⓘ
1855 armed conflict in Kansas, United States -
Fort Titus ⓘ
fort in Kansas -
Fort Wakarusa ⓘ
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Fort Lane ⓘ
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Franklin's Fort ⓘ
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Stewart's Fort ⓘ
fort in Kansas
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| timelineTypessite,event | |||||
| timelineArrayArray | |||||
| event | armed conflict | 1856 | Battle of Black Jack | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1856 | Battle of Fort Titus | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1863 | Lawrence Massacre | battle, massacre | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1863 | Skirmish near Brooklyn, Kansas | battle | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1855 | Wakarusa War | war | Wikidata |
| link | page | FortWiki page@ | Wikidata | ||
| site | fort | Fort Titus | Henry T. Titus, fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | 1855 | Fort Wakarusa | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1856 | Fort Lane | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1856 | Franklin's Fort | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1859 | Stewart's Fort | fort | Wikidata |