HISTORY

Raid of Buffalo Fort, Missouri

In December 1812 a fort was constructed on the Alex Allison farm two miles south of Louisiana, Missouri. The fort and the surrounding area remained peaceful, but this would be the last day of Buffalo Fort's quiet. Capt. Robert Jordan and his son James were shot and scalped by the Indians while working on their farms on March 30th. A memorial stone at their graves in the old Buffalo cemetery reads:

Site of Buffalo Fort Built In December 1811
To Protect The Twenty-Five Families From Hostile Indians
Erected By Pike County Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution
July 1917