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Upon his arrival, the only permanent structures in the area were two trading posts: Garcia's Trading Post, and Sam E. Day's trading post at the mouth of Canyon de Chelly. [ 2 ] : 19 In April 1903, the Navajos agreed to a proposal by the Franciscan order to build a church and other buildings on land which had been set aside by the Federal ...
The trading post became the vehicle both for the Navajo obtaining the goods they needed and a market for the products they wished to sell. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] A sutler at Fort Defiance, Arizona began trading with the Navajo in 1851, but Fort Defiance closed in 1868 and the era of privately owned trading posts began. [ 7 ]
Initially anglicized as Chin Lee, the spelling of the name was changed to Chinle on April 1, 1941. [5] Chinle serves as a gateway community for Canyon de Chelly National Monument. The monument was established in 1931 primarily to preserve the archaeological sites and record of ancient human history.
The Thunderbird Lodge is a historic motel in Chinle, Arizona. The only lodging facility within Canyon de Chelly National Monument , a national monument established in 1931, it has grown out of an old trading post built in 1896, the Thunderbird Lodge Trading Post.
Canyon de Chelly National Monument (/ d ə ˈ ʃ eɪ / də-SHAY) was established on April 1, 1931, as a unit of the National Park Service.Located in northeastern Arizona, it is within the boundaries of the Navajo Nation and lies in the Four Corners region.
A trading post, trading station, or trading house, also known as a factory in European and colonial contexts, is an establishment or settlement where goods and services could be traded. Typically the location of the trading post allows people from one geographic area to trade in goods produced in another area.
From there, US /SR 264 heads west past Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site and toward Burnside, where the concurrency ends at a roundabout junction with US 191, SR 264, and BIA Route 15. [4] At the roundabout, US 191 travels north to Chinle, where it intersects BIA Route 7, which provides access to Canyon de Chelly National Monument. [4]
Tsaile is located approximately 29 miles (47 km) east of Chinle, just outside the boundaries of Canyon de Chelly National Monument. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 6.0 square miles (15.5 km 2), of which 5.9 square miles (15.4 km 2) is land and 0.039 square miles (0.1 km 2), or 0.88%, is water. [3]