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From: Ballou Family <>
Subject: Re: [NEBRHeritage-L] LRBNT #33
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 21:24:58 -0500
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I forgot to check the Spanish! I went straight to one of my books about the
Louisiana Territory without a thought to Spanish settlement in California,
Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Great Call!

Mike

Paul Baechler wrote:

> At 16:55 -0500 2/23/02, Ballou Family wrote:
> >Picking more than a few nits ... <BG> The French built the first fort west of
> >the east bank. It was Fort Orleans, built on an island in the river in
> >1722-23.
> >If it can be called a fort, Cantonment was the first fort built west of the
> >west bank of the Missouri. Cantonment was a temporary outpost on the bank of
> >the Missouri, and was to become a perminant post. The spring floods of 1820
> >convinced the parties involved to move 1 1/2 miles south where Camp Council
> >Bluff was erected. Camp Council Bluff didn't last long either. It only lasted
> >as long as its construction. When construction of Camp Council Bluff was
> >complete the Secretary of War insisted the new fort be named Fort Atkinson
> >after Col. Henry Atkinson, commander of the Yellowstone Expedition.
>
> Since we're picking nits...The Presidio of San Francisco, the oldest
> military post west of the Mississippi until it was closed about 10
> years ago, was established June 27, 1776. The Presidio of Monterey,
> formerly a major Army post, was established June 3, 1770. And the
> Presidio of Santa Fe was built in 1610 and remained in service until
> US occupation in 1846. Several Indian tribes, including the Pawnee,
> Omaha, Ponca, and Mandan, lived in fortified villages which could
> reasonably be described as forts.
> --
> Paul Baechler
>
>
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