Yellowstone expedition
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The Yellowstone expedition was an expedition to the American frontier in 1819 and 1820 authorized by United States Secretary of War John C. Calhoun, with the goal of establishing a military fort or ou
Secretary of War John C. Calhoun authorized the Yellowstone Expedition.
Steamboat Western Engineer.
Major Long meets with the Pawnees at Council Bluff, Nebraska, 1819.
Fort Lisa (Nebraska)
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Fort Lisa was established in 1812 in what is now North Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska by famed fur trader Manuel Lisa and the Missouri Fur Company, which was based in Saint Louis. The fort was associated wi
Yellowstone expedition
…River on August 13, 1819 and arrived at the mouth of the Grand Nemaha River two weeks later. On September 17, the steamboat Western Engineer arrived at Fort Lisa, a trading post belonging to William Clark's Missouri Fur Company. This was on the west side of the river, about 20 miles north of today's Council…
Fort Lisa would have sat on the Missouri River near this location in Dodge Park.
Retrato de Manuel Lisa