Be aware that the 60 miles from KC isn't considered a long drive in the area. Lots of people in the vicinity go about that far to get to a grocery store or to go to a movie (although Ft. Scott may have both locally lots of towns of similar size don't).

I don't see any other towns of "significant size" in the immediate area though. Ft. Scott is a "historic" area, and there are several cultural attractions there, i.e. museums etc., although mostly to "small town scale." Their Gordon Parks museum/gallery is worth note, but the Chamber of Commerce indicates only about two dozen of his photos on exhibit, which isn't really much for a "native son museum" for someone with his credentials.

John