In 1827, Colonel Henry Leavenworth established a post on the bluffs overlooking the western bank of the Missouri River to protect the fur trade, safeguard commerce on the Santa Fe Trail and maintain the peace among the inhabitants.
For the first fifty years of its existence, Fort Leavenworth was a gateway to the western frontier, serving the Army as a quartermaster depot, arsenal and troop post. With the end of the Indian Wars, the fort transformed itself into an integral part of the Army’s new officer education system as well as a worldwide model for military corrections. Through two World Wars it served as an induction center for troops and a school for staff officers.
FortLeavenworth continues to be on the leading edge of the Army's future.
FortLeavenworth is considered as one of the most significant historic military installations in the Department of the Army, as well as to the Nation.
The FortLeavenworth NHLD encompasses the historic core of FortLeavenworth's built environment, which possesses a high degree of integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association to significant events in the history of the nation.
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