Fort Belle Fontaine
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Fort Belle Fontaine is a former U.S. military base located in St. Louis County, Missouri, across the Mississippi and Missouri rivers from Alton, Illinois. The fort was the first U.S. military installation west of the Mississippi, in the newly acquired Louisiana Territory, and served as a starting point for many expeditions to the American West.
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Cantonment Belle Fontaine; Fort Bellefontaine
Fort Belle Fontaine County Park, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail,
- National Register of Hist [Q19558910 page]@
- FortWiki page@
- National Register of Historic Places page@
- National Register of Historic Places listed place page@
- Tripadvisor page@
Location: 38.8274, -90.2155, KML, Maps
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Battle of St. Louis 1780
Ho-Chunk, Kickapoo, Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of Spain, Mascouten, Menominee, Odawa, Ojibwe, Potawatomi, Sac and Fox Nation, Sioux, United States, battle, landing operation,St. Louiscon 1969
Eddie Jones, Jack Gaughan, Worldcon,Tuckercon 2007
Archon, Barbara Hambly, Darrell K. Sweet, North American Science Fiction Convention,Fort San Carlos 1780
fort,Fort Belle Fontaine 1805
United States Army, cantonment, fort, historic site, tripadvisorFort Belle Fontaine 2025
United States Army, cantonment, fort, historic site, tripadvisorFort San Carlos 2025
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Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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event | armed conflict | 1780 | Battle of St. Louis | Ho-Chunk, Kickapoo, Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of Spain, Mascouten, Menominee, Odawa, Ojibwe, Potawatomi, Sac and Fox Nation, Sioux, United States, battle, landing operation, | Wikidata |
event | science fiction convention | 1969 | St. Louiscon | Eddie Jones, Jack Gaughan, Worldcon, | Wikidata |
event | science fiction convention | 2007 | Tuckercon | Archon, Barbara Hambly, Darrell K. Sweet, North American Science Fiction Convention, | Wikidata |
link | page | National Register of Hist [Q19558910 page]@ | Wikidata | ||
link | page | FortWiki page@ | Wikidata | ||
link | page | National Register of Historic Places page@ | Wikidata | ||
link | page | National Register of Historic Places listed place page@ | Wikidata | ||
link | page | Tripadvisor page@ | Wikidata | ||
object | watercraft | USS Inaugural | Admirable-class minesweeper, minesweeper, | Wikidata | |
organisation | arms industry | 1939 | McDonnell Aircraft Corporation | aerospace industry, aerospace manufacturer, arms industry, business, enterprise, organization, | Wikidata |
site | fort | 1780 | Fort San Carlos | fort, | Wikidata |
site | fort | 1805 | Fort Belle Fontaine | United States Army, cantonment, fort, historic site, tripadvisor | Wikidata |
site | fort | 2025 | Fort Belle Fontaine | United States Army, cantonment, fort, historic site, tripadvisor | Wikidata |
site | fort | 2025 | Fort San Carlos | fort, | Wikidata |
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