The Hidden History of Fort Scott

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Wander onto the parade ground of Fort Scott, and one of the first questions that comes to mind is: "What is this place?" A large grassy field is bordered by tall beige buildings with red roofs. Their windows are boarded up and the place feels deserted. It's particularly odd because Fort Scott is just steps away from epic views over the Golden Gate Bridge, a well-traveled cycling path, and one of the biggest thoroughfares running through the park. But none of that bustle seems to reach this collection of empty buildings. What's the history of this place and why isn't being put to more modern use? In this episode KQED's Bianca Taylor takes us into the history of Fort Scott. Additional reading: Web story: The Hidden History of Fort Scott in San Francisco's Presidio Read the transcript for this episode Sign up for our newsletter Enter our Sierra Nevada Brewing Company monthly trivia contest Your support makes KQED podcasts possible. You can show your love by going to https://kqed.org/donate/podcasts This story was reported by Bianca Taylor. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Christopher Beale and Brendan Willard. Additional support from Cesar Saldana, Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Maha Sanad, Jasmine Garnett, Carly Severn, Joshua Ling, Holly Kernan and the whole KQED family.

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0:00.0	From K-QED.
0:02.0	Hey everyone, Olivia Alan Price here.
0:06.0	It's a cold but sunny Thursday afternoon and Bakery's producer Katrina Schwartz
0:11.0	Hello, that's me.
0:12.0	And I are knocking around the Presidio.
0:15.0	That's the roughly two square mile park
0:17.3	at the northwest tip of San Francisco.
0:19.4	So far, we've seen the little Yoda statue surrounded by the fountain.
0:24.4	What do you think of Yoda?
0:27.0	It looks a lot like Yoda. I wish I could rub his belly, but he's too high up there.
0:30.5	And the dramatic cliff-side vistas overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge.
0:35.0	Oh, wow. We got it all. We got the Golden Gate Bridge. We have the Marin Headlands, we have Point Benita, Lighthouse.
0:45.8	Beautiful.
0:46.8	Now we just kind of walked over from those bluffs, over Lincoln Avenue, and we're surrounded by dozens of old military buildings.
0:57.0	Beige exteriors, pretty large buildings, red roofs, and we're standing in the middle of a big field.
1:03.0	And what's odd is there's very few people around.
1:06.0	It's a little bit eerie.
1:08.0	Compared to where we were earlier,
1:10.0	where all the buildings had been kind of fixed up,
1:12.0	they were being used as businesses.
1:14.3	These are empty.
1:17.6	This is the heart of Fort Scott,
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