Fort Leavenworth History

Items listed below are in the file drawers of a cabinet in the Kansas Room of LVPL.
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"Registered for Army in Leavenworth City." Leavenworth Times. June 10, 1917.

"Fort Levenworth, Celebrating Its 110th Anniversary, Reviews Growth." Leavenworth Times. ND(1927?).

"Henry Leavenworth December 10, 1783 - July 21, 1834.

Seckler, H. H. "First Territorial Capital Was Located at Ft. Leavenworth."

"Founder of Post In Sudden Death." Leavenworth Times. Nov. 8, 1938.

"Second Expedition From Post to West." Leavenworth Times. Dec. 4, 1938.

"The Fort Leavenworth hunt Season Is Inaugurated." Leavenworth Times. October 10, 1938.

"The Fort's Importance Dates From Day of Establishment". Leavenworth Times. March 17, 1947.

"Dragoons Here Were Army's Original Cavalry Regiment." Leavenworth Times. ND.

"Supplies in With Great Difficulty." and "Narrowly Missed The Army Escort." Leavenworth Times. ND.

"Patriotic Pageant Features Ceremony Honoring General."Leavenworth Times. ND.

Kanaga, Clinton W. "Old Ft. Leavenworth Outpost of Civilization and Early Post office of the Frontier." Weekly Philatelic Gossip, June 21, 1952.

"Paths of History Cross at Leavenworth." Reconnaissance. October, 1952.

"Frontier Fort Founded by Colonel Leavenworth." Reconnaissance. October, 1952.

Fort Leavenworth from Frontier Post to Home of the United States Army Command and General Staff College.

Hoffhaus, Charles E. "Leavenworth Was Site of 'Lost' French Fort."

Kanaga, Clinton W. "Old Ft. Leavenworth Outpost of Civilization and Early Post Office of the Frontier." Weekly Philatelic Gossip. June 21, 1952.

Booklet - "Reconnaissance Fort Leavenworth -- Women in the Service." November 1952, Vol. 1 Number 3.

Booklet - "Reconnaissance - Women's Activity Issue." Fort Leavenworth, Kansas September 1952.

Booklet - "Reconnaissance - Historical Issue." Fort Leavenworth, Kansas October 1952.

Booklet - "Reconnaissance." Fort Leavenworth's Magazine. October 1966.

Booklet - "Reconnaissance Fort Leavenworth." December 1952, Vol. 1 Number 4.

Booklet - "Reconnaissance Fort Leavenworth." January 1953, Vol. 1 Number 5.

"Now You Don't." [photo]

"One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Fort Leavenworth" booklet. Command and General Staff College. May 9-10, 1952.

Olvine, Margaret. "History's Peacetime Relics Shown at Fort Leavenworth." Kansas City newspaper. Nov. 1959.

Historic Fort Leavenworth Moving Towards the Future. [Brochure]

Simoni, Ellen. "From the Fort." Leavenworth Times.. January 10, 1965.

"Rare Omnibus Identified." Leavenworth Times. June 4, 1969.

"Lincoln Formed Cemetery at Fort." Leavenworth Times. August 13, 1972.

Dedication speech for marker at entrance to Fort Leavenworth. Leavenworth Times. ND.

"Memorial." [George B. Barth.] Leavenworth Times. april 14, 1970.

"Fort Marks Founder's Birthday." Leavenworth Times.  November 29, 1970.

[News photo of Eisenhower Plaque]

"Chapel is 100 Years Old." Leavenworth Times. March 3, 1972.

"It's a Landmark." [photo]

Delaney, Mellie. "New Book to Recount History of Fort." Leavenworth Times. January 22, 1973.

"Chaplain Paul Lembke For Leavenworth Chaplain." Leavenworth Times.

"Fort Leavenworth Chaplain Billy M. Whiteside." Leavenworth Times.

Members of Ft. Leavenworth Hall of Fame. [Listing]

Buckley L. Kelman. "Everything is Up to Date at General STaff College Library."  Leavenworth Times.

Myers, Randall W. "Ft. Leavenworth Marks 150th Anniversary." Kansas City Star. April 28, 1977.

Litteer, Loren K. "Historical Ft. Leavenworth." Tele-Shopper. July 12, 1978.

"Namesake." [photo] Leavenworth Times. August 19, 1979.

"Historic Chapel Lures Visitors." [photo] Leavenworth Times.

"Fort Home of Historic Burying Ground." The Leader. July 31, 1980.

Pipkin, William Philip. "Bits of Fort Leavenworth History." Recon. September 1981.

Reichley, John A. "Major Cares for 2000 Soldiers." Leavenworth Times. May 23, 1985.

Parish, Connie. "Sen. Dole Speaks at Fort Ceremony." Leavenworth Times. April 19, 1985.

"Stained Glass Windows are Dedicated." Leavenworth Times. September 1, 1985.

"John Pershing: A Great Thinker, Military Leader." Leavenworth Times. May 9, 1986.

Reichley, John. "Fort Lincoln to Fort Leavenworth." Leavenworth Times. May 17, 1987.

"Leavenworth's Coat  Readied." [photo] Leavenworth Times. August 3, 1986.

A Self-Guided Tour of Historic Leavenworth. [Brochure]

Leavenworth Historical Society Museum. [Brochure]

[Photo copy of a picture of the Ft. Leavenworth fire truck form a Leavenworth calendar]

"Fort Leavenworth was not First." Leavenworth Times.

Johnston III, J. H. "Leavenworth History - Part 33."

Johnston III, J. H. "Leavenworth History - Part 35"

Johnston III, J. H. "Leavenworth History - Part 36."

Johnston III, J. H. "Leavenworth Chose Higher Ground on West Bank."

Johnston III, J. H. "Old French Fort's Location Possibly Found" Leavenworth Times. September 28, 1986. Leavenworth Times.

Johnston, J.H. III. "Gen. Henry Leavenworth Was Native of Connecticut." Leavenworth Times ill., nd.

[A collection of ghost stories from Haunted Houses - Kansas.]

"Nations Greatest Military Post."

"A Key to Leavenworth's Past." June 10, 1986.

Brief History of Fort Leavenworth.

"Fort de Cavagrial Served As a Military Cornerstone"

"Ancient Sword." Leavenworth Times. February 15, 1987.

Ruff, L. Candy. "War Heroes Honored." Leavenworth Times. May 31, 1988.

Will, John J. Jr. "A Christmas Long to be Remembered." Leavenworth Times Dec. 1992.

"Fort Leavenworth." Details the dedication of the Buffalo Soldier Monument. Leavenworth Times Special Supplement ill. August 4, 1996.

Davison, Ret. Colonel Paul R. "Old Rolling Wheels." Booklet - reflecting Fort Leavenworth's earlier historical contribution to our country's history (beginning in 1827).

"Fort Leavenworth Railways." Frontier Army Museum Sabers & Soapsuds. January 1995.

King, Marsha K. "Guardians of the Plains Military Forts in Kansas." Kansas Heritage. Winter 1996.

Sullivan, Spc. Angela M. "Boo! Ghost Stories Abound on Post." Fort Leavenworth Lamp. Jan. 11, 1996, ill.

1827-1952 Dedicated to Peace and Progress 125th Anniversary. [A booklet and program]

Niderost, Eric. "First Mission into Commanche Country." Wild West 18 (1) June 1997.

1985 Collector's Edition Calendar, featuring photographs of Leavenworth, Lansing and Fort Leavenworth with historical dates noted.

Tellefson, Cheryl. "Flowers Decorate Forgotten Graves at Fort." Leavenworth Times. September 1, 1999.

Reference to book by Reichley, John: The Haunted House of Fort Leavenworth compiled by the Fort Leavenworth Historical Society, abailable at the Reference Department of LVPL.

Ruff, L. Candy. "City's First Cemetery Just a Memory." Leavenworth Times. August 2, 2004.

Brochures - "Historic Fort Leavenworth - Moving Toward the Futu..."; "The Girl I Left Behind Me" - Frontier Army Wives 1817 - 1917"; Historic Fort Leavenworth - "Gateway to the West"; "Historic Fort Leavenworth - Where the History of the West Began"; "Frontier Army Museum"; "Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Established 1827"; "Fort Leavenworth Museum"; "United States Disciplinary Barracks"; "Kansas Jaywalkers of Fort Leavenworth"; "Historic Fort Leavenworth - Self-Guided Tour"; "Fort Leavenworth - the Gateway to the West"; Self-Guided Tour of Fort Leavenworth the Gateway to the West"; "Fort Leavenworth - Dowager Queen of Frontier Posts"; "A Tour of Fort Leavenworth"; "Chapels of Fort Leavenworth";

"A Brief History of Fort Leavenworth: 1827 - 1983"

Maps - Two of Fort Leavenworth.

"Historic Wayside Self-Guided Tour." With map on reverse side of the list of seventeen sites at Fort Leavenworth.

Fort Leavenworth City Map. City of Leavenworth map is on the reverse side.

Stillwell, Ted. "The Ghost Katherine Sutler Still Searching for her Long-Lost Children." Leavenworth Times. September 8, 2010.

"Fort de Cavagnial Served as a Military Cornerstone." Leavenworth Times. nd.