Chadron Creek Trading Post
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BruceS
N 42° 44.894 W 103° 00.371
13T E 663177 N 4734785
Historical marker commemorating fur trading post in the Chadron Creek area.
Waymark Code: WM21Z3
Location: Nebraska, United States
Date Posted: 08/21/2007
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CHADRON CREEK TRADING POST
Employees of Lancaster P. Lupton built a trading post on the creek near here
in 1841 to trade with the Sioux Indians. From 1842 until at least 1845 this post
was managed by Louis B. Chartran, first for Sibille and Adams and later for
Pratte & Cabanne.
These companies were successively headquartered at Fort Platte about
eighty-five miles southwest of here and competed aggressively with Pierre
Chouteau Jr. & Co., which owned Fort Laramie. As a result of this competition,
fur traders were very active in this region during the 1840's, bringing liquor,
blankets, guns, ammunition and other trade goods to exchange for fine
Indian-tanned buffalo robes.
This creek is shown on the earlier maps of the area as "Chartran's Creek" in
tribute to the trader Louis Chartran. The French settlers of Missouri Pronounced
it "Shattron," and from this the modern name of "Chadron" evolved. Today this
creek is Chadron Creek, and from the creek the city of Chadron received its
name. ~ text of marker