Summer is almost here and the 4th of July is the keystone event of the season for many people

Fireworks are a big component in celebrating the independence from Britain in 1776, that the day commemorates.

Fort Scott has its own distributor of fireworks, since October 2021, in the industrial park just off of Hwy. 69, south of the city.

Jurassic Fireworks, 4500 Campbell Drive, sells both wholesale and retail fireworks. This building is the former site of Firstsource Solutions.

The business is owned by a father-daughter partnership of Frank and Bree Elliot, Colorado.

“This is a family run business, started by his father in 1965,” said Cindy Delise, Fort Scott, who mans the business here, and whose title is distributor.

“I’m the only employee here currently, but we are taking applications for the season,” she said.

The fireworks season is June 26 to July 6 in Fort Scott. During that time the hours are 8 a.m. to midnight.

Regular hours are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. the rest of the year, Delise said.

Jurassic Fireworks, Fort Scott, can be reached at (919) 369-8710.

They have retail stores in Wyoming, Colorado, Missouri, Texas and Indiana, as well.