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The Works Progress Administration at Fort Belle Fontaine
President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the Great Depression of the 1930's. WPA workers built all the limestone projects from . . . — — Map (db m234286) HM
The Mill
In early America mills powered by water or wind were the most advanced form of power and appeared in every frontier settlement. Mills were used to grind grain, saw wood, tan hides, weave fabric and make paper. The waterwheel was . . . — — Map (db m234263) HM
Welcome to Columbia Bottom Conservation Area where the great waters meet. Named long ago for the symbolic lady of the United States, Columbia was also a mid-1800s river town on the area. In 1997, work began to shape the more than 4,000 acres . . . — — Map (db m216829) HM
Fort Belle Fontaine was built in 1805 on a low plain near the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. Belle Fontaine was the first U.S. military post located in the newly acquired Louisiana Territory and was originally called Cantonment . . . — — Map (db m142606) HM
Cantonment Belle Fontaine and Fort Belle Fontaine
Fort Belle Fontaine, built in 1805, was the first U.S. military post located west of the Mississippi River in the newly acquired Louisiana Territory. A fort was more than a military . . . — — Map (db m234296) HM
June 20, 1803
President Thomas Jefferson’s instructions to Meriwether Lewis
on river exploration:
“The object of your mission is to explore the Missouri river, & such
principle stream of it, as, by its course & communication with . . . — — Map (db m124994) HM
The Spanish Lake area is rich in history. By the 18th century, the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers had become a strategic location part of the Louisiana Territory. Transfer of the territory from France to Spain was confirmed in . . . — — Map (db m193783) HM
Members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition spent the last night of their 7,500 mile jouney at Fort Belle Fontaine. Located on the south bank of the Missouri River near Coldwater Creek, it had been built in 1805 while they were crossing the continent . . . — — Map (db m142613) HM
The Twillman House was described in 1911 as "one of the most imposing and beautiful country homes in this section." German immigrant Johann Heinrich Twillman (1827-1882) built the house of handmade brick in 1870 on 370 acres of farmland. The . . . — — Map (db m193780) HM
Why is this Park Important?
•St. Louis was a center of military activity for the trans-Mississippi West for 181 years (1765-1946)
•Cantonment Belle Fontaine - First Indian factory (trading post) built west of the Mississippi (1805) . . . — — Map (db m142539) HM
