Portage Des Sioux, Missouri
| Portage Des Sioux, Missouri | |
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| City | |
 Location of Portage Des Sioux, Missouri |
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| Coordinates: 38°55′35″N 90°20′35″W / 38.92639°N 90.34306°WCoordinates: 38°55′35″N 90°20′35″W / 38.92639°N 90.34306°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | St. Charles |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.53 sq mi (1.37 km2) |
| • Land | 0.45 sq mi (1.17 km2) |
| • Water | 0.08 sq mi (0.21 km2) |
| Elevation | 433 ft (132 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 328 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 329 |
| • Density | 728.9/sq mi (281.4/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| FIPS code | 29-59150 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0756547 |
Portage Des Sioux is a city in St. Charles County, Missouri, United States. The town sits on the Mississippi River roughly opposite Elsah, Illinois, and is the home of the riverside shrine of Our Lady of the Rivers. The population was 328 at the 2010 census. The city was founded in 1799 by Spanish Lt. Gov. Zenon Trudeau and François Saucier in reaction to American plans to build a military post about twelve miles (19 km) downstream. The French name derives from the overland escape route between the Missouri River and Mississippi River used by a band of Sioux, fleeing enemies; they used this area as a portage for their canoes, outdistancing their rivals who instead paddled all of the way to the confluence of the rivers.
The Treaties of Portage des Sioux in 1815 were signed here ostensibly settling Native American and United States conflicts in the War of 1812. The treaties consolidated affirmed the Treaty of St. Louis (1804) in which the Sac and Fox ceding northeast Missouri and much of Illinois and Wisconsin and the 1808 Treaty of Fort Clark in which the Osage Nation ceded all of Missouri and Arkansas. These treaties were to ultimately, result in the Black Hawk War and the tribes being forced to move west of Missouri.
Portage Des Sioux was also one of the main film sites for the TV reality show on the CW a Farmer Wants a Wife (the farmer in the 2008 season, also lives in Portage Des Sioux).
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