BOURBON COUNTY, KANSAS
Bronson, Bourbon County
City Park
Type:
Zinc Soldier Statue
Description:
Zinc Statue, mounted on a granite base. Approximately 12' tall. The base is inscribed: "In Memory Of The ~ Heroes Of '61 - '65 ~ May The Deeds Of Valor Of ~ Them And Their Comrades ~ Forever Inspire Love Of ~ Liberty And Country ~ Erected By The ~ G.A.R. The W.R.C. And ~ Citizens ~ Of Bronson, Kansas ~ 1907." The other sides of the base have various raised medallions and patriotic symbols.
References:
SOS! 1994,
Thies, 1995
Photographs:
RM Thies, 1995
DE McGovern, October 24, 2004
J Birket, February, 2005
SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial
SUVCW documentation needed
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Fort Scott, Bourbon County
Courthouse
Type: Granite Soldier Statue and Cannon
Description:
Soldiers' monument standing thirty feet high, including a statue of eight feet six
inches. The monument is composed of three bases, the first eight feet square.
The first die contains this inscription: "In Memory Of The Volunteer Defenders
Of The Union, 1861-1865"; The Second: "1906 ~ Erected ~ By Wm. H. Lytle ~
Post, No. 32, ~ Department Of Kan ~ By Public Subscription"; the
third: "The Men In Whose Honor This Monument Was Erected Were Led By Fires
Of Liberty. They Fought For No North, No South, No East, No West, But For
One Glorious And United' Country." The statue is also of granite, and represents
a private soldier at parade rest.
Next to the monument is a 30-Pounder Parrott Rifle on a concrete base.
The weapon is iron, rifled, has a bore diameter of approximately 4 1/4 inches,
and is approximately 132 1/4 inches long.
A third memorial is a three sided concrete column with a cannonball mounted on top. The side of the monument is engraved: "GAR badge ~ Wm H. Lytle ~ Post, No. 32 ~ Mustered Dec. 12, 1881
References:
Baruch and Beckman, 1978,
Martin, 1910,
SOS! 1994,
Stark, 1997,
Thies, 2004
HMdb, 2009
Photographs:
RM Thies, October 26, 1995
DE McGovern, October 24, 2004, September 12, 2009
SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial
SUVCW documentation needed
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Fort Scott, Bourbon County
National Cemetery
Type:
Granite Monument
Description:
This granite marker, located in the National Cemetery, is inscribed:
"In Memory of ~ the Soldiers of the 1st Regiment ~ Kansas Colored Volunteers ~ Who Gave Their Lives in Battle ~ May 15, 1863 ~ Near Sherwood Missouri ~ (15 names) ~ Second Kansas Volunteer Battery ~ (3 names)".
References:
reported by RM Thies,
HMdb, 2009
Photographs:
RM Thies, 1995
SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial
SUVCW documentation needed
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Fort Scott, Bourbon County
Memorial Hall
Type:
Stone Plaque
Description:
This marker, in the Fort Scott Memorial Hall reads: "Memorial Hall ~ Headquarters ~ Clair C. Harkey Post No. 25 ~ and ~ Auxiliary ~ Dedicated May 30, 1932.
References:
reported by J Birkett,
HMdb, 2009
Photographs:
J Birkett, 1995
SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial
SUVCW documentation needed
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Fort Scott, Bourbon County
Entrance to National Cemetery
Type:
Cannon
Description:
A 3-Inch Ordnance Rifle converted to breechloader is mounted on a pivoting metal salute base. The weapon is wrought iron, rifled, has a bore diameter of 3 inches, and is approximately 68 1/2 inches long. The breech has been modified so as to convert the weapon to a breech loader for use as a salute gun.
The monument is a granite spire on a brick and granite base. The base is inscribed: "National Cemetery - Number One ~ Dedicated ~ to the Veterans ~ of all Wars".
References:
Baruch and Beckman, 1978,
Stark, 1997,
Thies, 2004
Photographs:
RM Thies, June 21, 1994
J Birket, April 22, 2004
DE McGovern, September 12, 2009
SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial
SUVCW documentation needed
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Fort Scott, Bourbon County
Courthouse Lawn
Type:
Granite Veterans Monument
Description:
The center portion of this monument is inscribed: "In Honored Memory ~ of Those From ~ Bourbon County ~ Who Gave Their ~ Lives for Freedom" and"In Memory of Those Who Gave ~ Their Lives that our Nation ~ might Live. This monument ~ was erected A.D. 1947 by ~ Charles W. and Clara A. Bruce" The side panels are engraved with names and the identifiers "1917, World War I, 1918" and "1941, World War II, 1945".
References:
HMdb, 2009
Photographs:
DE McGovern, September 12, 2009
SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial
no SUVCW documentation planned
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Fort Scott, Bourbon County
Old Fort Scott
Type:
Concrete and Bronze Marker
Description:
Twin trees are mounted behind a memorial plaque that is inscribed: "Historic Fort Scott ~ 1842 - 1865 ~ The blood that ~ flowed in Kansas ~ before and during ~ the Civil War ~ nourished the ~ twin trees of ~ Liberty and Union ~ Erected by ~ United States Department of the Interior ~ National Park Service.
References:
HMdb, 2009
Photographs:
DE McGovern, September 12, 2009
SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial
no SUVCW documentation planned
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