Fort Orleans

Fort Orleans (sometimes referred to Fort D'Orleans) was a French fort in colonial North America. It was the first fort on the Missouri River built by any Europeans on the Missouri River. It was built near the mouth of the Grand River near present-day Brunswick. The fort was occupied from 1723 to 1726. It was the first multi-year European settlement in what is today the U.S. state of Missouri.

History
The fort was built on November 9, 1723. 40 French soldiers were supposed to be there.Illinois Catholic Historical Review - 1924

References

Other websites
 Drawing c. 1745 of the fort 
 Kansas City Public Library Quarterly, Vol. IX, No. 3 (July 1909), p. 78
 "Plan for Fort Orleans" , Louisiana Digital Libraries
 Historic marker 

Category:History of Missouri
Category:Forts in the United States