Fort Leavenworth History

Items listed below are in the file drawers of a cabinet in the Kansas Room of LVPL.
For additional online information, click here: Fort Leavenworth History and Tour

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 36."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"It's a Landmark." [photo]

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

[News photo of Eisenhower Plaque]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Nations Greatest Military Post."

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

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."

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

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

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

"Registered for Army in Leavenworth City." Leavenworth Times. June 10, 1917.

Brief History of Fort Leavenworth.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Historic Fort Leavenworth Moving Towards the Future. [Brochure]

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

"Fort de Cavagrial Served As a Military Cornerstone"

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

"Now You Don't." [photo]

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

"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.