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Fort Bain (also called "Fort Bourbon") was a log house in the Kansas Territory built in 1857 by John Brown and his associate Captain Oliver P. Bain (or Baynes).〔His surname is spelled "Baynes" in the Kansas 1860 U.S. Census along with his wife Mahala and two sons (Roberts H. & Adolphus), living in Bourbon County.〕 The house was located in northern Bourbon County, on the north side of the Osage River 1.5 miles due east of Fort Lincoln, approximately seven miles from the border with Missouri, near the present town of Fulton.〔Bisel, Debra Goodrich & Michelle M. Martin. ''Kansas Forts & Bases: Sentinels on the Prairie'' (Charleston, SC: The History Press), 2013, pp. 19-20.〕 The house was used as a rendezvous point for both John Brown and James Montgomery throughout 1857-58 during the Bleeding Kansas troubles, and was also a point on the Underground Railroad. Although no contemporary illustrations or photographs of the house have been located, it was described by Brown as being substantial and capable of housing 50 men. On December 16, 1857, a small number of men who identified themselves as a "Squatter's Court" defended the house against an armed posse of about 50 men led by United States Deputy Marshal Little from Fort Scott.〔The "Squatter's Court" were settlers who did not recognize the land claims granted to proslavery settlers.〕 Upon the arrival of Little's force, a parley ensued, but ended without resolution. Little advanced on the house and four of his men were wounded. Retreating and regrouping, Little and ten men attempted a second attack on Fort Bain, which was also unsuccessful but without any casualties. Little and his men then returned to Fort Scott. Little returned on December 17 with 150 men and found that Fort Bain had been abandoned by the Free Staters.〔Cutler, William G. ''History of the State of Kansas'' (Chicago: A. T. Andreas), 1883.〕 From Fort Bain, Brown planned his invasion of Missouri in December 1858.〔''Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, etc.'' (Chicago: Standard Pub. Co.), 1912, Vol. 1, p. 657.〕 The house was razed several years after the Bleeding Kansas struggles and replaced with another structure. Nothing marks the site today.〔(Legends of America: Kansas Forts )〕 ==See also== * List of Kansas Forts * Bleeding Kansas 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fort Bain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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