Fort Lisa

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Fort Lisa (1809, 1812-1823) - A Missouri Fur Company Fur Trading Fort established in 1809 by Manuel Lisa in present-day Bellevue, Douglas County, Nebraska. Operated by Major Joshua Pilcher after Lisa's death in 1820. Abandoned in 1823. Also known as Fort Hunt] and Lisa's Fort.

• Fort Lisa Marker at the Entrance to Hummel Park.
  Fort Lisa Marker at the Entrance to Hummel Park.

History

Established as a Missouri Fur Company fur trading fort by Manuel Lisa in 1809. The post was surrounded by a large stockade and became a trading center for the half-dozen tribes in the area. Fur trappers brought pelts to Fort Lisa from across the Dakotas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri. In addition to the trading post, there was also a blacksmith shop and a sawmill. Manuel Lisa came to employ some 100 workers at the fort.

Manuel Lisa became ill In the summer of 1820. His trading partner, Joshua Pilcher, had accompanied him back to St. Louis, where he died on 12 Aug 1820. Pilcher then became president of the Missouri Fur Company. He closed Fort Lisa in 1823 and moved the operation to Pilcher's Post downriver to Bellevue. The fort was used as a general store for at least another twenty years after Manuel Lisa’s death.

Current Status

The presumed site is on North River Drive just on the border between Douglas County and Washington County, Nebraska. No remains.

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: The marker is located in Hummel Park, Florence, Douglas County, Nebraska. Map point is the marker. Lat: 41.373° Long: -95.954° Bing, Google, OldMapsOnline, USGS, OHM Loading map... See Also: Cabanne's Trading Post 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 484 Hart, Herbert M., Tour Guide to Old Western Forts, Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder CO, 1980, ISBN 0-87108-568-2, page 82 Links: North American Forts - Fort Lisa Wikipedia - Fort Lisa A History of North Omaha’s Fort Lisa Related: Cabanne's Trading Post, 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, Tour Guide to Old Western Forts,