Distance Learning Programs

Find out what it takes to be a soldier in frontier army. And visit the barracks where soldiers at Fort Larned lived.

It was a challenge being among the first African American soldiers in the regular Army but the men of Company A, 10th U.S. Cavalry were up to the task. Learn about their time at Fort Larned.

Men weren't the only people at frontier military posts - women lived at these forts as well. Find out who they were and how they spent their days.

Bison provided almost everything the Plains Indians needed for their daily life. Learn how these animals sustained American Indians on the Great Plains.