Encyclopedia Dubuque
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LISA, Manuel
LISA, Manuel. (New Orleans, LA Sept. 8,1772St. Louis, MO, Aug. 12, 1820). Fur trader. On March 4, 1811, Lisa, a legendary explorer of the Far West, was one of those who purchased part of Dubuque's remaining claim at a public auction held on the steps of the court of common pleas in St. Louis, Missouri.
The 64,087 acres, the northern half of the MINES OF SPAIN, were divided by the estate administrator Rene Auguste CHOUTEAU into thirteen strips of 5,069 acres. Each strip ran from the edge of the MISSISSIPPI RIVER in a northeast to southwest direction. With the exception of one strip, each of the sections was seven-eighths of a mile wide and nine miles long.