Fort Osage
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Fort Osage is a historic early 19th-century U.S. Army outpost and trading post on the Missouri River, significant for its role in frontier defense and commerce during westward expansion.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort Osage canonical | 3 |
| Fort Osage, Missouri Territory | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3265761 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fort Osage Context triple: [Sibley, Missouri, hasNearby, Fort Osage]
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A.
Fort Neally
Fort Neally is a historic frontier fortification site located in Berkeley County, West Virginia, associated with early colonial-era defense and settlement in the region.
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B.
Fort McIntosh
Fort McIntosh was an 18th-century U.S. military post in present-day Pennsylvania that served as a strategic frontier fort and the site of significant early American treaties with Native American nations.
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C.
Fort Crèvecœur
Fort Crèvecœur was a Dutch colonial fort on the Gold Coast in present-day Ghana, historically used as a trading post and military stronghold.
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D.
Fort Hawkins
Fort Hawkins was an early 19th-century U.S. military fort and frontier trading post that became the nucleus for the later city of Macon, Georgia.
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E.
Fort Good Hope
Fort Good Hope is a small, predominantly Indigenous community in the Northwest Territories of Canada, located above the Arctic Circle along the Mackenzie River.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fort Osage Target entity description: Fort Osage is a historic early 19th-century U.S. Army outpost and trading post on the Missouri River, significant for its role in frontier defense and commerce during westward expansion.
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A.
Fort Neally
Fort Neally is a historic frontier fortification site located in Berkeley County, West Virginia, associated with early colonial-era defense and settlement in the region.
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B.
Fort McIntosh
Fort McIntosh was an 18th-century U.S. military post in present-day Pennsylvania that served as a strategic frontier fort and the site of significant early American treaties with Native American nations.
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C.
Fort Crèvecœur
Fort Crèvecœur was a Dutch colonial fort on the Gold Coast in present-day Ghana, historically used as a trading post and military stronghold.
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D.
Fort Hawkins
Fort Hawkins was an early 19th-century U.S. military fort and frontier trading post that became the nucleus for the later city of Macon, Georgia.
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E.
Fort Good Hope
Fort Good Hope is a small, predominantly Indigenous community in the Northwest Territories of Canada, located above the Arctic Circle along the Mackenzie River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former U.S. Army outpost
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ trading post ⓘ |
| administeredBy | U.S. Office of Indian Trade ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Lewis and Clark Expedition
ⓘ
William Clark ⓘ |
| builtFor |
Indian trade
ⓘ
U.S. government factory system ⓘ frontier defense ⓘ |
| category |
Forts on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri
ⓘ
Military forts in Missouri ⓘ Pre-statehood history of Missouri ⓘ Trading posts in the United States ⓘ |
| closed | 1827 ⓘ |
| constructedBy | United States Army ⓘ |
| constructionBegan | 1808 ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| currentUse |
living history site
ⓘ
museum ⓘ |
| designedBy | William Clark ⓘ |
| era | early 19th century ⓘ |
| follows | Louisiana Purchase ⓘ |
| garrisonedBy |
U.S. Army
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Army
|
| hasReconstruction | reconstructed fort buildings ⓘ |
| listedOn | National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Jackson County, Missouri ⓘ |
| locatedInFormerTerritory | Louisiana Territory ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Sibley, Missouri ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Missouri River ⓘ |
| NRHPListingYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| NRHPType |
National Historic Landmark District
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. National Historic Landmark District
|
| opened | 1808 ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Jackson County Parks and Recreation
ⓘ
linked to:
Jackson County Parks system
|
| partOf | Missouri ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
controlling traffic on the Missouri River
ⓘ
projecting U.S. power into the Louisiana Purchase ⓘ protecting government trade with Native Americans ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | National Historic Landmark ⓘ |
| servedTribes |
Osage Nation
ⓘ
other Plains tribes ⓘ |
| significantFor |
U.S. relations with Native American tribes
ⓘ
frontier commerce ⓘ protection of the fur trade ⓘ role in westward expansion ⓘ |
| usedAs |
factory (government trading house)
ⓘ
government trading post ⓘ military garrison ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Osage Description of subject: Fort Osage is a historic early 19th-century U.S. Army outpost and trading post on the Missouri River, significant for its role in frontier defense and commerce during westward expansion.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Fort Osage
linked to: Fort Osage