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Title
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Searching for Sibley's Fort
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Description
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Article describes archaeological testing conducted in June 2004 to determine the site of Sibley's Fort near Arrow Rock, Missouri. Includes a brief documentary history of the fort, which was completed in October 1813 to serve the Osage Indians during the War of 1812. Article includes a map of the area, as well as a summary of archaeological evidence of the fort's possible locations.
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Date
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2005-04
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Fort Osage
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Description
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Photo and history of Fort Osage, "the first United States government outpost in Louisiana Territory," selected for its site on the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804 and established in 1808, supervised by William Clark, located near Sibley, Missouri, and restored in 1948.
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Date
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1987
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Object Type
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Book Section
