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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 ...
This is a partial list of trading posts that existed in the area of the present U.S. State of Colorado from 1828 to approximately 1868. The 24 historic trading posts in Colorado traded goods produced outside the region to Native Americans for furs, food, and locally made goods. Trading posts also sold goods to travellers and settlers.
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.
Trading post Reconstruction [2] Gantt's Picket Post: Fort Gantt Las Animas: Bent: 1832 1834 Trading post No remains [4] Fort Cass: Pueblo area Pueblo 1834 1835 Trading post No remains [4] Fort Convenience: Welby area Adams: 1834 1835 Trading post No remains [4] Bent's Old Fort: Fort William [a] La Junta area Otero: 1834 1849 Trading post ...
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.
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.
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 ]
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. ( February 2011 ) By the early 19th century, several companies established strings of fur trading posts and forts across North America.