Leavenworth, Fort

Related Category: Miscellaneous U.S. Geography

see Fort Leavenworth.

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Fort Leavenworth - U.S. military post, 6,000 acres on the Missouri River, NE Kans., NW of Leavenworth; est. 1827 by Col. Henry Leavenworth to protect travelers on the Santa Fe Trail. The oldest U.S. military prison a...