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Fort Robidoux
Fort Uintah, Fort Wintya | |
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Trading post | |
  Fort Robidoux Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 40°27′35″N 109°55′00″W / 40.4597°N 109.9167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| Established | 1828 (as Reed Trading Post) |
| Expanded | 1832 (as Fort Robidoux) |
| Destroyed | August 1844 |
| Founded by | William Reed, James Reed, and Denis Julien |
| Named for | Antoine Robidoux |
Fort Robidoux (or Rubidoux), also known as Fort Uintah and Fort Wintya, was a fur trading post at the junction of the Uinta River and Whiterocks River in the Uinta Basin of what is today Uintah County, Northeastern Utah. Fort Robidoux was founded in 1832 after Antoine Robidoux bought the Reed Trading Post that had been in operation there since 1828.