Index of Forts in this series can be seen at:
Forts of the West: An Introduction http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/1379...
To read more, on the Internet, about Manuel Lisa, go to:
Luttings' 1812 Journal http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/htm... Journal of a Fur Trading Expedition on the Upper Missouri 1812-1813 by John C. Lutting who was a clerk for Lisa's Missouri Fur Trading Company. To explore the various watercraft used by the fur trade of this time-period see:
Missouri River Heritage Corridor - The Way West http://www.mid-mo.net/bigmuddy/motrekker...
Further information concerning Western Forts and related incidents can be found at Suite 101 University at:
THE GREAT AMERICAN WEST, 1861 to 1876. http://www.suite101.com/course.cfm/17161...
BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIGHORN, 1872 to 1876. http://www.suite101.com/course.cfm/17638...
Sources for this article are:
Andrist, Ralph K. To the Pacific With Lewis and Clark. American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc. New York, 1967.
Hart, Herbert M. Old Forts of the Northwest. Superior Publishing Company, no date given.
Kion, Mary Trotter. Thanks, Mr. Bonaparte. Suite 101: Great American Plains. http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/1379...
Kion, Mary Trotter. Manuel Lisa: A Scoundrel Amongst Scoundrels. Suite 101: Great American Plains. http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/1379...
Leacock, Eleanor Burke and Nancy Oestreich Lurie, Editors. North American Indians in Historical Perspective, Random House, New York, 1971.
Oglesby Richard. Manuel Lisa and the Opening of the Missouri Fur Trade.
Utley, Robert M. A Life Wild and Perilous: Mountain Men and the Paths to the Pacific. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1997.
Copyright 2005 Mary Trotter Kion
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