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Fort Belmont in southern Woodson County Kansas was built about 1860 near the town of Belmont. It was to protect the settlers there from attacks by Border Ruffians and Indians. The fort consisted of three or four officer cabins a redoubt about a quarter of a mile to the north and a parade ground a mile to the east.The redoubt was an earthwork and log structure. Historian Daniel C.