Trails and Treasures Home Page Road Trips Searching for Fred Harvey, Fall 2006
Sibley, Missouri and Fort Osage
The
point on which Fort Osage was built by soldiers under the command of William
Clark in 1808 had been noted by him as a choice location during the Corps of
Discovery's journey up the Missouri River in 1804. The fort was the second
built by the United States west of the Mississippi in the new Louisiana
Purchase. George Sibley, the factor of the government-run trading post at
Fort Osage, became one of the most successful. He treated the Indians with
respect and won their trust. [The fort is a reconstruction.]
Fort Osage National Historic Landmark
The more modern town of Sibley is the location of the Santa Fe Railroad's bridge across the Missouri River, which is featured on a Fred Harvey postcard.
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