Fort Lisa (Nebraska)

Fort Lisa (1812–1823) was established in 1812 in what is now North Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska by famed fur trader Manuel Lisa and the Missouri Fur Company, which was based in Saint Louis. The fort was associated with several firsts in Nebraska history: Lisa was the first European farmer in Nebraska;^[1] it was the first settlement by American citizens set up in the then-recent Louisiana Purchase; Lisa's wife (his third) was the first woman resident of European descent in Nebraska;^[2] and the first steamboat to navigate Nebraska waters, the Western Engineer, arrived at Fort Lisa in September 1819.^[3]

^ (n.d.) "Visual Tour of the Nebraska Courts" Archived 2007-02-03 at the Wayback Machine
^ Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Interactive Media Group. "NebraskaStudies.Org". www.nebraskastudies.org. Fur Traders & Missionaries, 3 of 10. The Fur Traders: Manuel Lisa. Archived from the original on 2005-10-26. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
^ (1904) "Semi-Centennial History of Nebraska - 1904", US Gennet, Retrieved 8/6/08.

[1] (n.d.) "Visual Tour of the Nebraska Courts" Archived 2007-02-03 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Interactive Media Group. "NebraskaStudies.Org". www.nebraskastudies.org. Fur Traders & Missionaries, 3 of 10. The Fur Traders: Manuel Lisa. Archived from the original on 2005-10-26. Retrieved 2018-05-04.

[3] (1904) "Semi-Centennial History of Nebraska - 1904", US Gennet, Retrieved 8/6/08.

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