Fort Clifton was a 19th-century fort in

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. It was built in August 1862 by settlers from the area to protect themselves from Native Americans. Near the old site of Clifton (west of the present town of Clifton at the border of

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and Washington Counties), it was occupied until 1863.William C. Pollard, Jr., ''Forts and Posts in Kansas During the Civil War: 1861-1865'' (Charleston: CreateSpace, June 2015), pp. 53-4.

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