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The history of the trading post begins in approximately 1874, when Anglo-European trader William Leonard established a trading post in the Ganado Valley. Using “squatter’s rights”, Juan Lorenzo Hubbell purchased the Leonard post and later filed for a homestead claim. [3]
The Lorenzo Hubbell Trading Post and Warehouse is located in the western part of the historic center of the city of Winslow, in Navajo County, Arizona. The building was built in 1917. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002, in the Winslow Historic District. [2] It currently serves as the Winslow visitor center.
In 1902, Hubbell initiated a mail order catalog for his trading post. [5] Between 1902 and 1908, Hubbell began a large irrigation project at his Ganado location. The project included a diversion dam, with headworks, a 2.5 to 3 mile long canal from the Rio Pueblo Colorado to his ranch/trading post, flumes, bridges and extensive ditches. The ...
Juan (or John) Lorenzo Hubbell took ownership of the trading post in 1878. The Hubbell post is now preserved as the Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site. Hubbell would eventually own 30 trading posts and other establishments on the Navajo Reservation. [8] Among the most isolated trading posts was Oljato in San Juan County, Utah.
Hubbell and a weaver in front of the post in the 1890s. The first American settlements in the Ganado area were located near what is now Ganado Lake, and was established in 1871 as a trading post owned by Charles Crary. A second post operated by "Old Man" William B. Leonard opened soon after.
Fort Union Trading Post: Montana, North Dakota: 440.14 acres (1.7812 km 2) Fort Union was regarded as the most important fur trading post on the upper Missouri River, as it is situated at the confluence of the Missouri and its tributary, the Yellowstone River. Much of the site is a modern reconstruction based on archaeological excavations and ...
The Lorenzo Hubbell Trading Post and Warehouse – The structure was built in 1900 and is located at 523 W. Second Street. John Lorenzo Hubbell began building Navajo trading posts in Arizona and New Mexico in the late 1800s. He played an instrumental role in bridging the gap between the Caucasian (White) settlers and the Navajo people.
One of their children, Don (John) Lorenzo Hubbell, established the Hubbell Trading Post located on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Ganado, Arizona. [3] The hacienda later became a stagecoach stop, trading post, and a post office. [3] Hubbell died in 1885, but Mrs. Gutiérrez Hubbell continued to live at the house until 1899.