Trading Post, Kansas

Trading Post is an unincorporated community in Linn County, Kansas, United States, which is said to be one of the oldest continuously occupied locations in the state and is also included in the Kansas City metropolitan area.[1] In 1842 a United States Army fort was built there, but it was soon abandoned. The fort remained until probably at least 1900. It was used by troops travelling through the area during the American Civil War and a military post was established in 1861 and lasted until summer 1865. The Battle of Marais des Cygnes was fought here during the American Civil War. The location derives its name from a French trading post established there about 1825.[2]

Trading Post, Kansas
Unincorporated community
Trading Post
Location in Kansas
Trading Post
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 38°14′55″N 94°40′50″W
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyLinn
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)

The site is also the location of the Marais des Cygnes massacre on May 19, 1858, when Charles Hamilton was forced out of the state by Jayhawkers, freedom fighters from Kansas fighting for anti-slavery and individual liberty rights in Kansas. Hamilton returned with border ruffians from Missouri and captured 11 unarmed Jayhawkers. Hamilton and his men lead the unarmed Free-Staters into a gorge. Five of the Jayhawkers were executed on the spot by the Missouri border ruffians, five were wounded and one escaped. John Brown was to visit the site and built a fort.

References
  1. https://www.marc.org/Data-Economy/Metrodataline/General-Information/Statistical-Areas
  2. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 817.



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