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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 Thunderbird Lodge. 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.
The United States conducted a peace conference through their representative Kit Carson and the Navajo people in order to end the war between the Navajo and the U.S. 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 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 ]
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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 a trading post allows people from one geographic area to exchange for goods produced in another area.
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Carl Nelson Gorman was born on October 5, 1907, in Chinle, Arizona. [1] Chinle is located on the rim of the Canyon de Chelly National Monument. He was a member of the Dibeh Ĺizhin clan (the Black Sheep Clan) and born for the Khinyá' áni clan (the Towering House People). [3] [4] His father was a cattleman and "Indian trader". [5]