Spanish expedition to establish St. Louis
- When
- 1767 (per uncorroborated legacy row; no retrieved passage dates the claimed dispatch)
- Where
- San Luis (St. Louis) on the Mississippi River, as claimed in the legacy row
A legacy record holds that Governor Ulloa dispatched Captain Francisco Ríu y Morales in 1767 to build forts and settle Acadians, but no retrieved passage corroborates this.
A legacy record asserts that Antonio de Ulloa, governor of Spanish Louisiana, dispatched Captain Francisco Ríu y Morales up the Mississippi River in 1767 to establish two forts, one at San Luis (now St. Louis, Missouri), and to set up a colony for displaced French-speaking Acadians while protecting river shipping. No supplied passage mentions Ríu y Morales, the forts, the Acadian colony, or any dispatch; the retrieved sources document only Ulloa's governorship and St. Louis's 1764 founding. The claim is therefore retained solely as an uncorroborated legacy assertion, with the 1767 date and the 14 March dispatch day unsupported.
Sources
- Antonio de Ulloa Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-29
- St. Louis Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-27
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