Cabanne's Trading Post

Cabanne's Trading Post (1822-1834) - First established as a Berthold, Chouteau, and Pratte Company trading post in 1822 near the present-day town of Fort Calhoun, Douglas County, Nebraska. Named Cabanne's Trading Post after John Pierre Cabanne who operated the post. Became an American Fur Company post in 1827. Relocated to Bellevue in 1834. Also known as Joseph Robidoux' Post. History Established by the French Company Berthold, Chouteau, and Pratte Company as a trading post in 1822 on Ponca Creek near it's 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: 28 packs of beaver [80-100 pelts/pack] 58 packs of opossum [about 60 skins/pack] 3 packs of otter [about 60 skins/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 included 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 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. {"selectable":false,"height":"-500","width":"-500"} Location: Marker at the lower entrance to Hummel Park, Douglas County, Nebraska. Maps & Images Lat: 41.37233 Long: -95.95354 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 998' GPS Locations: 41.37335, -95.95361 Marker Coordinates 41.37233, -95.95354 Actual Site Location 41.37555, -95.95862 GNIS Coordinates (wrong) See Also: American Fur Company American Fur Company Forts Fort Atkinson (1) Sources: Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 482. Thiessen, Thomas D., "Review of The Fontenelle & Cahanne Trading Posts: The History and Archeology of Two Missouri River Sites by Richard E. Jensen" (2000). Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences. 510. Review USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 1899376 Links: North American Forts - Cabanne's Trading Post Wikipedia - Cabanne's Trading Post Omaha LHPC - Cabanne Archaeological Site North Omaha History - Cabannes Trading Post (excellent article) Visited: 27 Jul 2020