Near this spot once stood Fort Orleans, a carefully planned French settlement and trading post founded in 1723 as a bugger against further Spanish expansion. But, within three or four years the fort was abandoned.
Fort Orleans Marker, Brunswick MO
St. Louis Globe Democrat
1954-06-07
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Towns
Brunswick (Mo.)Missouri
1950-1959
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