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The Red River Trading Post was built from a written description of an actual fur trade "station" which operated along Red River, c1840. Dealing primarily with the Comanches and Kiowas, customers also included Caddos, Wichitas, Wacos, Kiechias, Tonkawas, and Anadarkos, among others. RRTP is stocked with both the hides of the animal species hunted and trapped on the Southern Plains at the time, and the goods for which these hides were traded. These hides include black bear, beaver and buffalo, while the goods range from buttons and calico cloth, butcher knives and belt axes, to tin ware and brick tea. Come visit where paper money didn't exist, but furs bought needed supplies. Available by reservation for school groups and special programming throughout the year.
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