Trading Post is an unincorporated community in Linn County, Kansas, in the United States. Trading Post is said to be one of the oldest continuously occupied locations in the Kansas. A United States Army fort was built there in 1842. It was abandoned shortly after the end of the Civil War. A military post was established in 1861 and lasted until summer 1865. The Batt…Trading Post is an unincorporated community in Linn County, Kansas, in the United States. Trading Post is said to be one of the oldest continuously occupied locations in the Kansas. A United States Army fort was built there in 1842. It was abandoned shortly after the end of the Civil War. 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.
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