| 41. | The location of Fort Larned was chosen by William Bent, an agent for the Upper Arkansas Indians.
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| 42. | Fort Larned assisted in bringing Hancock's War to an end by supplying the Medicine Lodge Treaty.
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| 43. | Fort Zarah and Fort Larned for a time had garrisons with large numbers of these former Confederate prisoners.
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| 44. | In 1971, the 30 bed Adolescent Rehabilitation Unit opened at the Larned State Hospital ( LSH ).
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| 45. | When the Civil War erupted in 1861, Fort Larned witnessed its first action and hostility from the Indians.
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| 46. | In 1957 the Fort Larned Historical Society was founded to develop and open the site as a tourist attraction.
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| 47. | In late July 1868, Benteen led an expedition to provide security for the Indian agents near Fort Larned.
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| 48. | Larned in 1898 had served in the Spanish American War as one of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders.
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| 49. | According to the Doherty brothers Malcolm Whitman and Bill Larned were at the time the best American singles players.
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| 50. | In 2011, he competed in all three Fort Larned in that year's Breeders'Cup Classic.
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