Franklin's Fort

Franklin's fort
Franklin (Douglas County), Kansas
Coordinates38°56′02″N 95°10′34″W / 38.9338°N 95.1761°W / 38.9338; -95.1761
Typeprosouthern post during Bleeding Kansas era
Site information
Controlled byPro-slavery partisans
Site history
BuiltMay 1856
In useMay to August 1856
Garrison information
Past
commanders
Sheriff Samuel J. Jones
GarrisonPro-slavery partisans

Franklin's Fort was a small fortification that had been erected in Franklin, Douglas County, Kansas by pro-slavery settlers. During the "Bleeding Kansas" period, the fort was the site of two minor battles between pro- and anti-slavery factions.