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== History == | == History == | ||
[[File:Cabenne's Trading Post.jpeg|thumb|left|250px|Cabanne's Trading Post Plan.]] | |||
Established by the French Company [[Berthold, Chouteau, and Pratte Company]] as a trading post in 1822 on Ponca Creek near its confluence with the Missouri River. This trading post was established just three years after nearby [[Fort Atkinson (1)|Fort Atkinson]] was established and it benefited from provisioning contracts with the military post for supplies as well as trade with the garrison. Fort Atkinson closed in 1827 making the post less profitable. The post also traded with the local Omaha, Oto, and Pawnee Indian tribes for fur pelts, the mainstay of the business. | Established by the French Company [[Berthold, Chouteau, and Pratte Company]] as a trading post in 1822 on Ponca Creek near its confluence with the Missouri River. This trading post was established just three years after nearby [[Fort Atkinson (1)|Fort Atkinson]] was established and it benefited from provisioning contracts with the military post for supplies as well as trade with the garrison. Fort Atkinson closed in 1827 making the post less profitable. The post also traded with the local Omaha, Oto, and Pawnee Indian tribes for fur pelts, the mainstay of the business. | ||
In the 1827-1828 Season Cabanne’s Post recorded the following pelt production: | In the 1827-1828 Season Cabanne’s Post recorded the following pelt production: | ||
28 packs of beaver [80-100 pelts/pack] | * 28 packs of beaver [80-100 pelts/pack] | ||
58 packs of opossum [about 60 skins/pack] | * 58 packs of opossum [about 60 skins/pack] | ||
3 packs of otter [about 60 skins/pack] | * 3 packs of otter [about 60 skins/pack] | ||
400 packs of buffalo robes [about 10 hides/pack] | * 400 packs of buffalo robes [about 10 hides/pack] | ||
[[John Pierre Cabanne]] and [[Joseph Robidoux]] alternately operated the post until 1833 when they were replaced by [[Joshua Pilcher]]. Under Cabanne and Robidoux the post came to include a row of white-painted storehouses, shops, and houses, including Cabanne's large two-story home with a balcony facing the river. In 1834, Pilcher moved the post down the river to Bellevue and placed [[Peter A. Sarpy]] in charge. | |||
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== Current Status == | == Current Status == | ||
Now Cabanne Archaeological Site 25DO8 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places as of 5 May 1972. This site has suffered extensively from road construction and over a century of cultivation, obscuring foundations and breaking up artifacts. | Now Cabanne Archaeological Site 25DO8 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places as of 5 May 1972. This site has suffered extensively from road construction and over a century of cultivation, obscuring foundations and breaking up artifacts. | ||
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History Established by the French Company Berthold, Chouteau, and Pratte Company as a trading post in 1822 on Ponca Creek near its confluence with the Missouri River. This trading post was established just three years after nearby Fort Atkinson was established and it benefited from provisioning contracts with the military post for supplies as well as trade with the garrison. Fort Atkinson closed in 1827 making the post less profitable. The post also traded with the local Omaha, Oto, and Pawnee Indian tribes for fur pelts, the mainstay of the business. In the 1827-1828 Season Cabanne’s Post recorded the following pelt production:
John Pierre Cabanne and Joseph Robidoux alternately operated the post until 1833 when they were replaced by Joshua Pilcher. Under Cabanne and Robidoux the post came to include a row of white-painted storehouses, shops, and houses, including Cabanne's large two-story home with a balcony facing the river. In 1834, Pilcher moved the post down the river to Bellevue and placed Peter A. Sarpy in charge.
Current StatusNow Cabanne Archaeological Site 25DO8 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places as of 5 May 1972. This site has suffered extensively from road construction and over a century of cultivation, obscuring foundations and breaking up artifacts.
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