Fort Henry

(Did you mean a different Fort Henry)

Fort Henry (1810-1811) - Established in 1810 by Andrew Henry, Pierre Menard, John Colter and a group of possibly 60 men for the Missouri Fur Company and Manuel Lisa in Fremont County, Idaho. Abandoned the next year, 1811. Also called Henry's Post.

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  Fort Henry Marker at Memorial Site.
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  Fort Henry Marker in Downtown St. Anthony.
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  Fort Henry Memorial Site and Markers.

History

Built as two log cabins and a dirt cellar during the winter of 1810-1811 and abandoned in the spring of 1911. Built by Andrew Henry, Pierre Menard, John Colter and a group of some 60 men for the Missouri Fur Company and Manuel Lisa.

Use by members of the Astor's overland expedition of the Pacific Fur Company in September 1811.

Current Status

Fort Henry Downtown Marker Text.

Fort Henry Memorial: The site in Anthony is located at American Legion Park on South Bridge Street at the bridge over Henry’s Fork River. Very easy to miss, park in the gas station on the south side of the river and you will be there.

Fort Henry Markers: Big reader board type signs located out of town on Salem Road just before it crosses Henry’s Fork river near the actual site.

Fort Henry Location: Out in the middle of a field with a stone marker. No access that I could Find.

Some confusion exists over the naming of the forts created by Manuel Lisa and his company, exact locations are unknown for some of them and this has led to further confusion. The forts and their locations are detailed below:

Manuel Lisa's Fur Trading Posts

Primary Name	Dates	State	Location	AKA Names
Fort Manuel	1812-1813	South Dakota	Under Lake Oahe None
Cedar Island Post	1811-18??	South Dakota	Under Lake Francis Case None
Fort Manuel Lisa	1809-1813	North Dakota	Under Garrison Dam project Fort Manuel Fort Lisa Fort Mandan Fort Lewis Fort Vanderburgh
Fort Raymond	1810-1811	Montana Fort Manuel Fort Manuel Lisa Fort Remon Fort Lisa Lisa's Post Big Horn Post
Fort Henry	1810-1811	Montana	3 Forks Three Forks Post Fort at Three Forks Andrew Henry's Post
Fort Lisa	1809, 1812-1823	Nebraska Fort Hunt Lisa's Fort
Fort Henry	1810-1811	Idaho	Henry's fork of the Snake River Henry's Post Context Location: Fort Henry Historic Monument, Fremont County, Idaho. Lat: 43.925° Long: -111.771° Elevation: 4' Bing, Google, OldMapsOnline, USGS, OHM Loading map... See Also: Missouri Fur Company Pacific Fur Company Sources: Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 251 Hart, Herbert M., Tour Guide to Old Western Forts, Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder CO, 1980, ISBN 0-87108-568-2, page 52 Wood, W. Raymond, First Post in the Far West (November 1807 - March 1813), Discovering Lewis & Clark, August 2007 Links: North American Forts - Fort Henry Idaho ByWays - Fort Henry Waymarking - Fort henry Related: Fort Henry, Fort Henry, Fort Hunt, Fort Lewis, Fort Lisa, Fort Lisa, Fort Lisa, Fort Mandan, Fort Manuel, Fort Manuel, Fort Manuel, Fort Manuel Lisa, Fort Raymond, Fort Remon, Fort Vanderburgh, Henry's Post, Lisa's Fort, Lisa's Post, Pacific Fur Company, Tour Guide to Old Western Forts,