Whiskey Ration at Fort Osage, Missouri Poster

Soldiers and civilians receive a whiskey ration at Fort Osage on the Missouri River in Missouri. The fort is a National Historic Landmark. Fort Osage (also known as Fort Clark or Fort Sibley) was part of the United States factory trading post system for the Osage Nation in the early 19th century in present day Sibley, Missouri. The Osage in exchange for access to the trading post above the Missouri River in 1808 in the Treaty of Fort Clark ceded all of their lands east of the fort in Louisiana Territory effectively leaving them with a small band of territory on the extreme western border of Missouri. The fort ceased operations in the 1820s as the Osage in subsequent treaties ceded the rest of their land in Missouri. A replica of the fort was rebuilt on the site between 1948 and 1961. Reenactors carry out activities at the fort This photograph is digitally enhanced.