Fort Cap au Gris

        In 1813 Fort Cap au Gris was built as a temporary fort near Troy, Missouri. This fort was built in order for troops to observe Indian movement along the Mississippi River. After the defeat at Fort Johnson Zachary Taylor had commanded his troops to located to Cap au Gris in 1814. The official end of the War of 1812 was fought near that fort. The battle was called The Battle of the Sink Hole. This battle was fought near the Cuivre River. This battle was started by an ambush of Sac Indians against a group of rangers. As time went on after the war was over and the fort was burnt a little town was built up around the location. The war ended March 23, 1815.
         Zachary Taylor  had commanded troops in the 1812 war. He was in the Black Hawk War and the Second Seminole War. He also served in the Mexican War in 1846. In 1848 he was elected president of the United States.In June 1850 he got ill and died.

Painting of Zachary Taylor