Fortress
Fort Hays
🇺🇸 United States · 19th century
Fort Hays, originally named Fort Fletcher, was a United States Army fort near Hays, Kansas. Active from 1865 to 1889 it was an important frontier post during the American Indian Wars of the late 19th century. Reopened as a historical park in 1929, it is operated by the Kansas Historical Society as the Fort Hays State Historic Site.
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Fort Hays ranks #2,438 of 5,793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #66 of the 98 mapped in United States. Founded 1867, it is older than 8% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 407 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. See how United States compares in the castle statistics.
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