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The Lavender Patch Farm, Fort Scott

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Come to the state’s southeast corner to get basic training in military history and sample the beauty and bounty of the land.

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Fort Scott has a unique history that follows the growing pains of our country in the middle of the 1800s. The National Historic Site recently marked the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, but the history of the Army’s presence in the area stretches back to a time when the western edge