Kansas · locality file

Fort Riley

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The record for Fort Riley opens with First Territorial Capitol State Historic Site and Army City.

Government Building

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First Territorial Capitol State Historic Site

Fort Riley, Kansas

Kansas territorial legislators met here for four days in 1855 during the conflict over slavery.

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Ghost Town

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Army City

Fort Riley, Kansas

Founded in 1917 to serve Camp Funston, the settlement lost its wartime clientele after 1918; remaining residents surrendered its charter in September 1922.

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