Gering in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Robedeau Trading Post

Photographed by David J Gaines, June 12, 2014

1. Robedeau Trading Post Marker

Inscription. Site of Roubedeaux blacksmith shop and trading post on original Oregon Trail. Father DeSmet rested here in 1840 and again in 1851 when he baptized Roubedeaux’s half-breed children. Stansbury, government explorer visited here in 1849 and 1852. A few rods to the north west are five unknown graves and a few rods farther west and a little south of them is the grave of John Dunn, mentioned in field notes of original government survey.

Erected 1930 by Katahdin Chapter D.A.R.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution series list.

Location. 41° 48.159′ N, 103° 49.639′ W. Marker is in Gering, Nebraska, in Scotts Bluff County. It is on Robidoux Road, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Gering NE 69341, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Nebraska Panhandle.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

and on the prairies.

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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Robidoux Trading Post (here, next to this marker); Oregon Trail Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Robidoux Pass (approx. 1.6 miles away); a different marker also named Robidoux Trading Post (approx. 2.7 miles away); Fort Mitchell, 1864-1867

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(approx. 6 miles away); Oregon Trail (approx. 6.2 miles away); Assistance on the Trail (approx. 6.3 miles away); History Lives on in Art (approx. 6.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gering.

Another marker is no longer nearby. The Bullwhackers (was approx. 6.3 miles away but has been permanently removed).

More about this marker. The Robedeaux Trading Post monument is a bronze tablet and a round bronze Oregon Trail Memorial disc set in a pink conglomerate stone. The Oregon Trail Memorial disc is missing.

Photographed by David J Gaines, June 12, 2014

2. Robedeau Trading Post Marker

Photographed by David J Gaines, June 12, 2014

3. Robedeau Trading Post Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 30, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 27, 2016, by David J Gaines of Pinson, Alabama. This page has been viewed 567 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 27, 2016, by David J Gaines of Pinson, Alabama. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.