Officers pose with automobile outside of Barth Hall, the first school house for the Command and General Staff College. The automobile was used in an experiment to test its application in warfare.
Drawing depicts covered wagons beginning the Oregon Trail from the Missouri River at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The cut in the hill is still visible today.
Centrally located on the main westward travel routes in the 19th century, one of the post's initial missions was to protect trade caravans over the Santa Fe Trail. In 1970 the Santa Fe Trail Ruts were listed on the National Register of Historic...
The hospital was built in the 1890's with subsequent additions in 1901, 1902, and 1910. It was altered to become an administration in 1984. It is currently post headquarters.
The steps taken at various times by the War Department for the establishment of an army school of practice for young officers of the army, which have evolved the present "General Service and Staff College", are the subject of the following sketch....
Since the founding of Fort Leavenworth in 1827, the years have brought about a transition in atmosphere at the post from that of a frontier garrison to one of advanced military education. During these changing times in the development of our...
In 1926, Dwight D. Eisenhower was first in his class and an honor graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth. Eisenhower's year at the school was a formative period in his career and prepared him for many of his...