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Fort Saint-Louis, Texas, was founded in 1685 by French explorer René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle and members of his expedition, including Jesuit missionary Zenobius Membre, on the banks of Garcitas Creek, a few kilometers inland from the mouth of the Lavaca River.
The fort has sometimes been referred to as "Fort St. Louis" but that name was not used during the life of the settlement and appears to be a later invention. [27] Map of the French fort drawn by a member of the Spanish expedition that discovered the French colony in 1689. It marks the river, the colony's structures, and location of cannons.
{{Information |Description=This is a map of Fort Saint Louis as it looked in 1689. The map was included in ''Relacion y Discursos de Descubrimiento'', written by Alonso De Leon in the 1690s. |Source= reprinted in From a Watery Grave: The Discovery and Ex
The region of Texas was claimed by both royal France and imperial Spain.Both European powers mounted expeditions to explore the region of Texas. The Spanish established many missions, while the French built and moved Fort St. Louis many times.
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