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The Old Fort Belle Fontaine Cemetery was established in 1809, when Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Bissell moved the original Fort Belle Fontaine encampment to a new location. The cemetery was located about 100 yards or so southwest from the Cantonment buildings, which during the period of 1805 to 1826 had interments of at least 30–40 military ...
The Fort Belle Fontaine County Park is a unit of the park system of St. Louis County, Missouri. 305.6 acres in size, it is bordered by the Missouri River, by Cold Water Creek, and by the Missouri Hills campus of the Missouri Division of Youth Services (M-DYS).
Fort Belle Fontaine, near St. Louis, controlled the mouth of the Missouri at the Mississippi. [4] Fort Osage ceased operations in the 1820s as the Osage in subsequent treaties had ceded the rest of their land in Missouri to the US. A replica of the fort was constructed on the site between 1948 and 1961.
The area was chosen for its natural advantages, including a large clear water spring called "la belle fontaine" by the early French settlers. By the winter of 1805, Fort Bellefontaine was constructed under the command of Colonel Jacob Kingsbury, with log cabins, a trading house, a bakery, a blacksmith shop, and huts for enlisted soldiers.
Pages in category "Forts on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
English: The Grand Staircase at Fort Belle Fontaine County Park was built by the WPA at the former site of historic Fort Belle Fontaine, the first American military outpost west of the Mississippi River north of St. Louis, Missouri.
The Upper Mississippi River during the War of 1812. 1: Fort Bellefontaine U.S. headquarters; 2: Fort Osage, abandoned 1813; 3: Fort Madison, defeated 1813; 4: Fort Shelby, defeated 1814; 5: Battle of Rock Island Rapids, July 1814 and the Battle of Credit Island, Sept. 1814; 6: Fort Johnson, abandoned 1814; 7: Fort Cap au Gris and the Battle of the Sink Hole, May 1815.
25 Missouri. 26 Montana. 27 Nebraska. 28 Nevada. 29 New Hampshire. 30 New Jersey. 31 New Mexico. ... Fort Belle Fontaine. Fort Belle Fontaine, open to the public ...