Lewellen in Garden County, Nebraska — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Trading Post

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 3, 2015

1. Trading Post Marker

Inscription.
In 1854, the Federal Government hired contractors to carry the mail over the old trail to Salt Lake City and onto California. They built a mail station at Ash Hollow.

Most of these mail stations became trading posts, carrying a small stock of food, liquor and hardware for sale to passing emigrants.

In April of 1855, Little Thunder’s band of Brule Sioux raided and burned this station. Materials recovered from this site by archeologists tends to confirm that it was the mail station. These items are on display at park headquarters.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Industry & Commerce • Wars, US Indian. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1855.

Location. 41° 17.237′ N, 102° 6.941′ W. Marker is in Lewellen, Nebraska, in Garden County. It can be reached from U.S. 26, on the left when traveling south. Marker is located in Ash Hollow State Historical Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lewellen NE 69147, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in

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the Nebraska Panhandle.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

on the prairies,

on the Great Plains,

and specifically on the High Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: School District 55 (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Windlass Hill Pioneer Homestead (approx. 0.3 miles away); Ash Hollow (approx. 0.9 miles away); Ash Hollow Geology (approx. one mile away); Oregon Trail (approx. 1.4 miles away); Rough Going (approx. 1.7 miles away); Wagon Ruts (approx. 1.7 miles away); Wagons in the West (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lewellen.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 3, 2015

2. Trading Post Marker

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 3, 2015

3. Trading Post Marker

Marker in Ash Hollow State Historical Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 3, 2015

4. Marker in Ash Hollow State Historical Park

Credits. This page was last revised on December 21, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 17, 2015, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 588 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 17, 2015, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.