Fort Lisa (Nebraska)

[5] Father De Smet, a historical figure after Lisa's time, identified the fort as being a mile north of Cabanne's Trading Post on the Ponca Creek.

[6] The fort traded in furs, cattle, horses and land, and served as a base from which Manuel Lisa acted as a sub-agent to neighboring tribes for the federal government.

[7] With his wide trading network, Manuel Lisa had a unique role in relation to American Indian tribes.

[8] In 1819 the first steamboat to ply the Missouri River, the Western Engineer, piloted by Stephen Harriman Long, arrived at the fort.

Aboard the ship were General Henry Atkinson and Captain Stephen Watt Kearny, both important to the future development of the American West.

Fort Lisa would have sat on the Missouri River near this location in Dodge Park.