Fort Ellsworth

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U.S. Army fort

Fort Ellsworth was a 19th-century U.S. Army frontier post in Kansas that played a key role in protecting settlers and trade routes during westward expansion.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Fort Ellsworth canonical	2
Fort Ellsworth (historic)	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. Army fort ⓘ
commandStructure	Department of the Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	American Indian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionMaterial	wooden structures ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
endDate	1867 ⓘ
foundedBy	United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
garrison	U.S. Cavalry units NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Infantry units ⓘ
hasFeature	barracks ⓘ parade ground ⓘ stockade ⓘ storehouses ⓘ
hasRole	protection of overland commerce ⓘ support of railroad expansion ⓘ
heritageStatus	historic site ⓘ
locatedIn	Ellsworth County, Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Kansas ⓘ
locatedNear	present-day city of Ellsworth, Kansas ⓘ
locatedOn	Smoky Hill River NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnRoute	Fort Riley–Denver route NERFINISHED ⓘ Smoky Hill Trail NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Army ⓘ
namedAfter	Lieutenant Allen Ellsworth NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyFeature	Kansas Pacific Railway (later alignment) NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedBy	United States Army ⓘ
partOf	American frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryFunction	protection of settlers ⓘ protection of stage and freight lines ⓘ protection of trade routes ⓘ
region	Great Plains ⓘ
replacedBy	Fort Harker NERFINISHED ⓘ
startDate	1864 ⓘ
status	decommissioned ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ
usedDuring	Indian Wars on the Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ westward expansion of the United States ⓘ
usedFor	escort of wagon trains ⓘ protection of mail coaches ⓘ supply depot ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ellsworth County, Kansas → namedAfter → Fort Ellsworth ⓘ

Ellsworth, Kansas → namedAfter → Fort Ellsworth ⓘ

Ellsworth, Kansas → hasNearbyMilitaryHistorySite → Fort Ellsworth ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort Ellsworth (historic)