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Teec Nos Pos (Navajo: T’iis Názbąs) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 507 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] It is the western terminus of U.S. Route 64 .
A trading post was established at this site in 1907 under the name Nokaita. It is believed that the current name came from wells that have since disappeared. On July 1, 1939, a bridge was completed 3 miles (4.8 km) west of the site because erosion had made the river crossing impassable. [3]
Location of Apache County in Arizona. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Apache County, Arizona.It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Apache County, Arizona, United States.
U.S. Route 64 (US 64) starts at an intersection with US 160 at Teec Nos Pos on the Navajo Nation. The highway then heads southeast passing an intersection with Bureau of Indian Affairs Route 5028 (BIA 5028) at the edge of town across the highway from the Teec Nos Pos Trading Post. The highway then cuts through a mesa before making a slight ...
The number of trading posts on the reservation expanded to almost 25 in 1885, 93 in 1939, more than 100 after World War II, and declining to 35 in 1970. A total of about 300 trading posts, many of them ephemeral, existed during the 100-plus years of their history.
Red Mesa Unified School District #27 is a public school district headquartered in Red Mesa, unincorporated Apache County, Arizona, near Teec Nos Pos on the Navajo Nation. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It has a five-member elected school board, who oversee operations of schools that are regulated by state standards.
Along its journey, the route connects the communities of Tuba City, Moenkopi, Rare Metals, Tonalea, Tsegi, Kayenta, Dennehotso, Mexican Water, Red Mesa, and Teec Nos Pos. Most of what is now US 160 was constructed as Navajo Route 1 between 1959 and 1962, and carried part of State Route 64 (SR 64) and the entirety of SR 364 between 1961 and 1965.
The first trading post operated out of a tent and was established here in 1882. By 1885 a full-sized camp had developed. [5] The Chinle Boarding School was established in 1910 by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA).