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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). [1]
Bellefontaine or "belle fontaine" is French for "beautiful fountain". Populated places. France ... Fort Belle Fontaine County Park, in St. Louis, Missouri;
Fort Madison in SE Iowa was built to control trade and pacify Native Americans in the Upper Mississippi River region. 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.
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.
The 22.5 acre Belle-Clair Fairgrounds & Expo Center in Belleville will soon have new ownership.. The Belleville City Council and St. Clair County Board voted Thursday night in separate meetings to ...
Mosenthein Island across the Mississippi River, as seen from the Missouri shore. Aerial image showing Chouteau Island (green dot), Gabaret Island (blue dot), and Mosenthein Island (red dot) Another aerial view showing the three islands on the Mississippi River
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