Address Restricted, Blackjack, Missouri. County/parish: St. Louis.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 23, 2016. NRIS 16000031.
11 contributing buildings. 2 contributing sites. 7 contributing structures.Also known as:
Fort Belle Fontaine (formerly known as Cantonment Belle Fontaine) is a former U.S. military base located in St. Louis County, Missouri, across the Mississippi and Missouri rivers from Alton, Illinois. The fort was the first U.S. military installation west of the Mississippi, in the newly acquired Louisiana Territory, and served as a starting point for many expeditions to the American West.
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