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The Upper Mississippi River during the War of 1812. 1: Fort Belle Fontaine 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.
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The park contains part of the site of Fort Bellefontaine, a fortified post of the United States Army first raised in 1805. The post was visited by Lewis and Clark Expedition upon their return to St. Louis in September 1806. It remained in active service, in two adjacent locations, until 1826. None of the fort remains today.
Bellefontaine Neighbors was incorporated as a fourth-class city in 1950, with a population of 766 people. At the time, the city had 18 streets, one public school, and one church, the Bellefontaine Methodist Church. Between 1950 and 1960, the population of Bellefontaine Neighbors grew rapidly, reaching 13,650 people by 1960.
The property contains the main house, a shed, a barn, and a brick outhouse. [2] The main house was built in an early Italianate architecture style and has two stories. [2] It was an example of the transition from traditional architecture of mid-19th century building, to the newer Italianate style that emerging in the area and as of 1988, it had maintained many of its original architectural ...
Gen. Daniel Bissell House (also known as Franklinville Farm or Bissell Manor) is a historic house at 10225 Bellefontaine Road in Bellefontaine Neighbors, Missouri that was the home of Revolutionary War General Daniel Bissell (general). The Federal style house was built in 1819 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 28 ...
Bellefontaine Cemetery is a nonprofit, non-denominational cemetery and arboretum in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1849 as a rural cemetery , Bellefontaine has several architecturally significant monuments and mausoleums such as the Louis Sullivan -designed Wainwright Tomb , which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
June: Missouri constitutional convention held. [4] September: Missouri General Assembly convenes. [6] 1821 St. Louis becomes part of the new U.S. state of Missouri. City Directory begins publication. [1] [10] 1822 City of St. Louis incorporated. [10] Area of city: 385 acres. [12] 1823 – William Carr Lane becomes mayor. 1825 – Lafayette ...