Historic Structures Report, Part II: Enlisted Barracks (HB-2)
Sheire J and Pope CS. 1969. Historic Structures Report, Part II: Enlisted Barracks (HB-2). Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Between 1822 and 1880, the Santa Fe Trail provided one of the most important overland transportation routes in America. The great influx of people along the Santa Fe Trail disrupted the Native Americans' way of life and prompted them to retaliate. Fort Larned was established as a temporary fort in 1860 to protect travelers, trail commerce, and the mail because of the rising tensions between American Indians and those using the trail. Fort Larned National Historic Site preserves the buildings, stories, and historical themes associated with Fort Larned. This historic structures report concerns the Enlisted Barracks (HB-2) at Fort Larned. This report presents the work necessary to restore the Enlisted Barracks on the exterior, so as to provide scenic historic authenticity, and to restore the interior west end to represent a typical Enlisted Men's Barracks, as of 1875 when the floor was installed. The east end will be restored to hospital use as of 1871.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Sheire, James; Pope, Charles
- Date of Issue
- 1969-03
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- FOLS , IMR
- Keywords
- Apache, Arapaho, Army, barracks, Cheyenne, Comanche, fort, frontier, Indian Wars, Kiowa, military, sandstone, Westward Expansion
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 012001: Barracks/Infantry Quarters