Fort Wallace
near Wallace, Kansas
Officers at Fort Wallace in 1867, including Theophilus H. Turner, who discovered Elasmosaurus in the area the same year, second from the left
Site information
Type	Military base
Controlled by	United States
Condition	Dismantled
Location
Fort Wallace Location in Kansas Show map of Kansas Fort Wallace Fort Wallace (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates	38°54′18″N101°33′34″W / 38.90500°N 101.55944°W / 38.90500; -101.55944
Site history
Built	1865
Built by	U.S. Army
In use	1865-1882
Demolished	1886
Garrison information
Garrison	2nd Cavalry Regiment5th Infantry Regiment6th Infantry Regiment7th Cavalry Regiment9th Cavalry Regiment
Occupants	George CusterGeorge Forsyth

Fort Wallace (c. 1865–1882) was a US Cavalryfort built in Wallace County, Kansas to help defend settlers against Cheyenne and Sioux raids and protect the stages. It is located on Pond Creek, and it was named after General W. H. L. Wallace. There were accommodations for 500 men and the troops were scattered between Fort Hays and Fort Denver.^[1]

All that remains today is the cemetery, but for a period of over a decade Fort Wallace was one of the most important military outposts on the frontier.

Today, Fort Wallace is represented by a privately operated museum nearby in the town of Wallace, with relics from the fort as well as photos, reproduction items, and literature covering the post's history and the settlement of the Great Plains. A casting of the plesiosaurElasmosaurus discovered by Turner and Scout William Comstock is also on display. Facades of some of the buildings from Fort Wallace and from the Old Town of Wallace are featured in the Milford Becker Addition opened in 2017.

The old Fort Wallace cemetery still exists, and is located next to the Wallace Township Cemetery at 38°54′23″N101°33′36″W / 38.90639°N 101.56000°W / 38.90639; -101.56000.^[2]

Fort Wallace is also a fort in the game Red Dead Redemption 2.

• Fort tours
• Fort WallaceArchived 2009-01-29 at the Wayback Machine