Fort Scott, capital of Bourbon county, Kansas, on the Marmiton River, 98 miles S. of Kansas city. A railway junction, it has foundries, machine-shops, flouring and woollen mills, and an extensive trade in bituminous coal. Pop. 7867.
Fort Scott
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 746
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