Cabanne's Trading Post

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nearest_city= Omaha, Nebraska
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built =1822
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Cabanne's Trading Post was established in 1822 by the American Fur Company as Fort Robidoux near present-day Dodge Park in North Omaha, Nebraska. It was named for influential fur trapper Joseph Robidoux. [ [http://www.kancoll.org/books/andreas_ne/washington/washington-p1.html "Washington County"] , "Andreas' History of Nebraska". Retrieved 4/28/08.] Soon after it was opened, the post was called the French Company for the supposed nationality of its operator, who was actually born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. [ [http://www.lewisandclarkscenicbyway.com/hist.html Things To Do: Historical Sites] . Lewis and Clark Scenic Byway website. Retrieved 6/4/07.] It was also called Cabanné's Post, named after its operator, Jean Pierre Cabanné.

Located 10 miles north of Omaha, Nebraska, six miles south of Fort Atkinson, and 2 miles south of Fort Lisa, Cabanné's Post was an important link in relations between the United States and Native American tribes in the Louisiana Purchase. The Cabanné Archaeological Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. [(nd) [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ne/Douglas/state.html National Register of Historic Places - NE, Douglas County] . Retrieved 6/7/07.]

History

Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, who toured the Louisiana Purchase extensively, visited the Post in 1823 and wrote highly of it, praising Cabanné and the accommodations. [Mattes, M.(n.d.) [http://native.brokenclaw.net/otoe/robidoux.html Fur Traders and Trail Blazers: Joseph Robidoux] BrokenClaw.Net] Cabanné recruited traders and trappers for the American Fur Company, which expanded under John Jacob Astor to monopolize the American fur trade. Among Cabanne's many recruits was the man for whom La Barge, Wyoming was named. Cabanné operated the post until 1833.

Consisting by then of a row of storehouses, shops, and houses, the post in 1833 was taken over by Joshua Pilcher. He managed it until the American Fur Company folded its operations about 1840 into those at Fontenelle's Post at present-day Bellevue, Nebraska, as the fur trade declined in economic importance. The Cabanné's post's success had been bolstered in part by its ability to provision the garrison at nearby Ft. Atkinson (1819-27). [(n.d.) [http://www.nebraskahistory.org/histpres/nebraska/douglas.htm Nebraska National Historic Sites] Nebraska History Society.] Peter A. Sarpy later took over management of Fontenelle's Post. [Reeves, R. (n.d.) [http://casde.unl.edu/history/counties/douglas/omaha/ Douglas County History] University of Nebraska.]

The site of Cabanné's Trading Post is north of present-day Dodge Park by Florence in North Omaha. Cabanné's Post Archaeological Site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a featured site on the Lewis and Clark Scenic Byway.

ee also

*List of Registered Historic Places in Douglas County, Nebraska
*Nebraska Territory
*History of North Omaha, Nebraska
*Landmarks in North Omaha, Nebraska

References

Related publications

*"Dictionary of American History" by James Truslow Adams, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940.
*Jensen, M. (1999) "The Fontenelle and Cabanné Trading Posts: The History and Archeology of Two Missouri River Sites, 1822-1838", Nebraska State Historical Society.

External links

* [http://www.lewisandclarkscenicbyway.com Lewis and Clark Scenic Byway] Community Directory and Travel Guide