Fort Lisa (North Dakota)

This article is about the fur trading post in North Dakota. For the fort in Kerala, India, see Fort Emmanuel. For the fort in Malta, see Fort Manoel.

The first Fort Lisa (1810-1812), also known as the Fort Manuel Lisa Trading Post, Fort Manuel or Fort Mandan, was started by the notable fur trader Manuel Lisa of the Missouri Fur Company in 1809. This fort is likely where Sacagawea of the Lewis and Clark Expedition died. Fort Lisa superseded Fort Raymond as the uppermost post of the Missouri Fur Company on the Missouri River. This original fort was located near present day Kenel, South Dakota. In 1812 Lisa built a replacement fort downriver near present-day North Omaha, Nebraska, which he also named Fort Lisa.

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