 from their squatter homes . The settlers considered the troops lackeys to the railroads , and lumped both as enemies .   Settlers also had some continuing conflicts with Indians and insurgents using the recent Confederate cause as excuse for robbery . By the spring of 1873 , the US Army withdrew the troops from Fort Scott for good . From 1873 to 1965 , the buildings of the fort were left unattended , and slowly deteriorated . Many military buildings were razed and replaced with structures built for civilian use .   = = Modern times = =   With the Act of August 31 , 1965 , the National Park Service gave the city government of Fort Scott , Kansas the necessary funds and technical knowledge to restore the fort .   On October 19 , 1978 , Fort Scott became a National Historic Site under the supervision of the National Park Service , encompassing 17 acres ( 69 @,@ 000 m2 ) . Today the fort is open throughout the year , save for Thanksgiving , Christmas , and New Years Day . Visitation has declined in recent years . In 2005 visitation was 25 @,@ 528 ; in 2007 it was 22 @,@ 314 .   Surviving structures include four officers ' barracks , one dragoon 's barracks , two infantry barracks , a hospital , guardhouse , dragoon stables , ordnance and post headquarters , quartermaster stables , bake shop , flagpole , and magazine . Another feature of the park is 5 acres ( 2 @.@ 0 ha ) of tallgrass prairie restored as part of an ecology @-@ restoration project .   = Slammiversary ( 2008 ) =   Slammiversary ( 2008 ) was a professional wrestling pay @-@ per @-@ view ( PPV ) event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) promotion that took place on June 8 , 2008 at the DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven , Mississippi . It was the fourth event under the Slammiversary name and the sixth event in the 2008 TNA PPV schedule . Seven professional wrestling matches and one dark match were featured on the event 's card , three of which were for championships . The event commemorated TNA 's six year anniversary .   The main event was a King of the Mountain match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship , in which then @-@ champion Samoa Joe defended against Booker T , Christian Cage , Rhino , and Robert Roode . Joe won the match to retain the title . The card also featured a bout pitting A.J. Styles against Kurt Angle , which Styles won . The TNA World Tag Team Championship was defended by The Latin American Xchange ( Hernandez and Homicide ; LAX ) against Team 3D ( Brother Devon and Brother Ray ) at the event . LAX was the victors in the contest to retain the championship . A Six Woman Tag Team match was won by the team of Gail Kim , ODB , and Roxxi over The Beautiful People ( Angelina Love and Velvet Sky ) and Moose on the undercard .   Slammiversary is remembered for Joe being the first to retain a championship in a King of the Mountain match . The reported figure of purchasers for the event was 20 @,@ 000 , as reported by The Wrestling Observer Newsletter . Slammiversary had an attendance of 2 @,@ 000 people . Jon Waldman of the professional wrestling section of the Canadian Online Explorer rated the show a 7 out of 10 , which was lower than the 8 out of 10 given to the 2007 edition by Jason Clevett . After the event , an accident occurred which resulted in the death of one man and the injury of another .   = = Production = =   = = = Background = = =   The fourth installment in the Slammiversary name was announced in January 2008 to take place on June 8 . In March 2008 , it was reported that Slammiversary would be held outside the TNA Impact ! Zone in Orlando , Florida . In late @-@ March 2008 , Slammiversary was expected to be held in Tennessee . TNA issued a press release in April 2008 advertising Slammiversary on June 8 at the DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven , Mississippi , although TNA promoted the event as being held in the Memphis area . It also announced that the annual King of the Mountain match would be held at the event . Tickets for Slammiverary went on sale on April 25 . Slammiversary celebrates TNA 's six year anniversary , after it formed on June 19 , 2002 . TNA created a section covering the event on their website . TNA released a poster to promote the event prior featuring the tagline " In a town where legends are made , one strives to reach immortality " and Booker T , Christian Cage , Rhino , Samoa Joe , and Tomko . Release the Flood by Dust for Life was used as the official theme for the show . Promotional material advertising the return of Abyss at the event was featured on TNA 's television program TNA Impact ! . The scripted wedding
Ġfrom Ġtheir Ġsqu atter Ġhomes Ġ. ĠThe Ġsettlers Ġconsidered Ġthe Ġtroops Ġlac keys Ġto Ġthe Ġrail roads Ġ, Ġand Ġlump ed Ġboth Ġas Ġenemies Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠSett lers Ġalso Ġhad Ġsome Ġcontinuing Ġconflicts Ġwith ĠIndians Ġand Ġinsurgents Ġusing Ġthe Ġrecent ĠConfederate Ġcause Ġas Ġexcuse Ġfor Ġrobbery Ġ. ĠBy Ġthe Ġspring Ġof Ġ18 73 Ġ, Ġthe ĠUS ĠArmy Ġwithdrew Ġthe Ġtroops Ġfrom ĠFort ĠScott Ġfor Ġgood Ġ. ĠFrom Ġ18 73 Ġto Ġ1965 Ġ, Ġthe Ġbuildings Ġof Ġthe Ġfort Ġwere Ġleft Ġunatt ended Ġ, Ġand Ġslowly Ġdeteriorated Ġ. ĠMany Ġmilitary Ġbuildings Ġwere Ġr azed Ġand Ġreplaced Ġwith Ġstructures Ġbuilt Ġfor Ġcivilian Ġuse Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠModern Ġtimes Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠWith Ġthe ĠAct Ġof ĠAugust Ġ31 Ġ, Ġ1965 Ġ, Ġthe ĠNational ĠPark ĠService Ġgave Ġthe Ġcity Ġgovernment Ġof ĠFort ĠScott Ġ, ĠKansas Ġthe Ġnecessary Ġfunds Ġand Ġtechnical Ġknowledge Ġto Ġrestore Ġthe Ġfort Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠOn ĠOctober Ġ19 Ġ, Ġ1978 Ġ, ĠFort ĠScott Ġbecame Ġa ĠNational ĠHistoric ĠSite Ġunder Ġthe Ġsupervision Ġof Ġthe ĠNational ĠPark ĠService Ġ, Ġencomp assing Ġ17 Ġacres Ġ( Ġ69 Ġ@ , @ Ġ000 Ġm 2 Ġ) Ġ. ĠToday Ġthe Ġfort Ġis Ġopen Ġthroughout Ġthe Ġyear Ġ, Ġsave Ġfor ĠThanksgiving Ġ, ĠChristmas Ġ, Ġand ĠNew ĠYears ĠDay Ġ. ĠVis itation Ġhas Ġdeclined Ġin Ġrecent Ġyears Ġ. ĠIn Ġ2005 Ġvisitation Ġwas Ġ25 Ġ@ , @ Ġ5 28 Ġ; Ġin Ġ2007 Ġit Ġwas Ġ22 Ġ@ , @ Ġ314 Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠSurv iving Ġstructures Ġinclude Ġfour Ġofficers Ġ' Ġbarracks Ġ, Ġone Ġdrag oon Ġ' s Ġbarracks Ġ, Ġtwo Ġinfantry Ġbarracks Ġ, Ġa Ġhospital Ġ, Ġguard house Ġ, Ġdrag oon Ġst ables Ġ, Ġord nance Ġand Ġpost Ġheadquarters Ġ, Ġquarter master Ġst ables Ġ, Ġbake Ġshop Ġ, Ġflag pole Ġ, Ġand Ġmagazine Ġ. ĠAnother Ġfeature Ġof Ġthe Ġpark Ġis Ġ5 Ġacres Ġ( Ġ2 Ġ@ . @ Ġ0 Ġha Ġ) Ġof Ġtall grass Ġpra irie Ġrestored Ġas Ġpart Ġof Ġan Ġecology Ġ@ - @ Ġrestoration Ġproject Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= ĠS lamm iversary Ġ( Ġ2008 Ġ) Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠS lamm iversary Ġ( Ġ2008 Ġ) Ġwas Ġa Ġprofessional Ġwrestling Ġpay Ġ@ - @ Ġper Ġ@ - @ Ġview Ġ( ĠPP V Ġ) Ġevent Ġproduced Ġby Ġthe ĠTotal ĠNon stop ĠAction ĠWrestling Ġ( ĠT NA Ġ) Ġpromotion Ġthat Ġtook Ġplace Ġon ĠJune Ġ8 Ġ, Ġ2008 Ġat Ġthe ĠDe S oto ĠCivic ĠCenter Ġin ĠSouth aven Ġ, ĠMississippi Ġ. ĠIt Ġwas Ġthe Ġfourth Ġevent Ġunder Ġthe ĠS lamm iversary Ġname Ġand Ġthe Ġsixth Ġevent Ġin Ġthe Ġ2008 ĠT NA ĠPP V Ġschedule Ġ. ĠSeven Ġprofessional Ġwrestling Ġmatches Ġand Ġone Ġdark Ġmatch Ġwere Ġfeatured Ġon Ġthe Ġevent Ġ' s Ġcard Ġ, Ġthree Ġof Ġwhich Ġwere Ġfor Ġchampionships Ġ. ĠThe Ġevent Ġcommemor ated ĠT NA Ġ' s Ġsix Ġyear Ġanniversary Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġmain Ġevent Ġwas Ġa ĠKing Ġof Ġthe ĠMountain Ġmatch Ġfor Ġthe ĠT NA ĠWorld ĠHeavy weight ĠChampionship Ġ, Ġin Ġwhich Ġthen Ġ@ - @ Ġchampion ĠSamoa ĠJoe Ġdefended Ġagainst ĠBooker ĠT Ġ, ĠChristian ĠCage Ġ, ĠRhino Ġ, Ġand ĠRobert ĠR ood e Ġ. ĠJoe Ġwon Ġthe Ġmatch Ġto Ġretain Ġthe Ġtitle Ġ. ĠThe Ġcard Ġalso Ġfeatured Ġa Ġbout Ġp itting ĠA . J . ĠStyles Ġagainst ĠKurt ĠAngle Ġ, Ġwhich ĠStyles Ġwon Ġ. ĠThe ĠT NA ĠWorld ĠTag ĠTeam ĠChampionship Ġwas Ġdefended Ġby ĠThe ĠLatin ĠAmerican ĠX change Ġ( ĠHernandez Ġand ĠHom icide Ġ; ĠLA X Ġ) Ġagainst ĠTeam Ġ3 D Ġ( ĠBrother ĠDevon Ġand ĠBrother ĠRay Ġ) Ġat Ġthe Ġevent Ġ. ĠLA X Ġwas Ġthe Ġvict ors Ġin Ġthe Ġcontest Ġto Ġretain Ġthe Ġchampionship Ġ. ĠA ĠSix ĠWoman ĠTag ĠTeam Ġmatch Ġwas Ġwon Ġby Ġthe Ġteam Ġof ĠG ail ĠKim Ġ, ĠO DB Ġ, Ġand ĠRox xi Ġover ĠThe ĠBeautiful ĠPeople Ġ( ĠAngel ina ĠLove Ġand ĠVelvet ĠSky Ġ) Ġand ĠMoose Ġon Ġthe Ġunder card Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠS lamm iversary Ġis Ġremembered Ġfor ĠJoe Ġbeing Ġthe Ġfirst Ġto Ġretain Ġa Ġchampionship Ġin Ġa ĠKing Ġof Ġthe ĠMountain Ġmatch Ġ. ĠThe Ġreported Ġfigure Ġof Ġpurch asers Ġfor Ġthe Ġevent Ġwas Ġ20 Ġ@ , @ Ġ000 Ġ, Ġas Ġreported Ġby ĠThe ĠWrestling ĠObserver ĠNewsletter Ġ. ĠS lamm iversary Ġhad Ġan Ġattendance Ġof Ġ2 Ġ@ , @ Ġ000 Ġpeople Ġ. ĠJon ĠWald man Ġof Ġthe Ġprofessional Ġwrestling Ġsection Ġof Ġthe ĠCanadian ĠOnline ĠExplorer Ġrated Ġthe Ġshow Ġa Ġ7 Ġout Ġof Ġ10 Ġ, Ġwhich Ġwas Ġlower Ġthan Ġthe Ġ8 Ġout Ġof Ġ10 Ġgiven Ġto Ġthe Ġ2007 Ġedition Ġby ĠJason ĠCle ve tt Ġ. ĠAfter Ġthe Ġevent Ġ, Ġan Ġaccident Ġoccurred Ġwhich Ġresulted Ġin Ġthe Ġdeath Ġof Ġone Ġman Ġand Ġthe Ġinjury Ġof Ġanother Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠProduction Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠBackground Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġfourth Ġinstallment Ġin Ġthe ĠS lamm iversary Ġname Ġwas Ġannounced Ġin ĠJanuary Ġ2008 Ġto Ġtake Ġplace Ġon ĠJune Ġ8 Ġ. ĠIn ĠMarch Ġ2008 Ġ, Ġit Ġwas Ġreported Ġthat ĠS lamm iversary Ġwould Ġbe Ġheld Ġoutside Ġthe ĠT NA ĠImpact Ġ! ĠZone Ġin ĠOrlando Ġ, ĠFlorida Ġ. ĠIn Ġlate Ġ@ - @ ĠMarch Ġ2008 Ġ, ĠS lamm iversary Ġwas Ġexpected Ġto Ġbe Ġheld Ġin ĠTennessee Ġ. ĠT NA Ġissued Ġa Ġpress Ġrelease Ġin ĠApril Ġ2008 Ġadvertising ĠS lamm iversary Ġon ĠJune Ġ8 Ġat Ġthe ĠDe S oto ĠCivic ĠCenter Ġin ĠSouth aven Ġ, ĠMississippi Ġ, Ġalthough ĠT NA Ġpromoted Ġthe Ġevent Ġas Ġbeing Ġheld Ġin Ġthe ĠMemphis Ġarea Ġ. ĠIt Ġalso Ġannounced Ġthat Ġthe Ġannual ĠKing Ġof Ġthe ĠMountain Ġmatch Ġwould Ġbe Ġheld Ġat Ġthe Ġevent Ġ. ĠTickets Ġfor ĠS lamm iver ary Ġwent Ġon Ġsale Ġon ĠApril Ġ25 Ġ. ĠS lamm iversary Ġcelebrates ĠT NA Ġ' s Ġsix Ġyear Ġanniversary Ġ, Ġafter Ġit Ġformed Ġon ĠJune Ġ19 Ġ, Ġ2002 Ġ. ĠT NA Ġcreated Ġa Ġsection Ġcovering Ġthe Ġevent Ġon Ġtheir Ġwebsite Ġ. ĠT NA Ġreleased Ġa Ġposter Ġto Ġpromote Ġthe Ġevent Ġprior Ġfeaturing Ġthe Ġtag line Ġ" ĠIn Ġa Ġtown Ġwhere Ġlegends Ġare Ġmade Ġ, Ġone Ġstrives Ġto Ġreach Ġimmortality Ġ" Ġand ĠBooker ĠT Ġ, ĠChristian ĠCage Ġ, ĠRhino Ġ, ĠSamoa ĠJoe Ġ, Ġand ĠTom ko Ġ. ĠRelease Ġthe ĠFlood Ġby ĠDust Ġfor ĠLife Ġwas Ġused Ġas Ġthe Ġofficial Ġtheme Ġfor Ġthe Ġshow Ġ. ĠProm otional Ġmaterial Ġadvertising Ġthe Ġreturn Ġof ĠAbyss Ġat Ġthe Ġevent Ġwas Ġfeatured Ġon ĠT NA Ġ' s Ġtelevision Ġprogram ĠT NA ĠImpact Ġ! Ġ. ĠThe Ġscripted Ġwedding