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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]
The trading post was surrounded by the hogans of Navajo families and only one Navajo woman living nearby spoke English. John was away a good deal of the time pursuing his interests, and Louisa was left managing the trading post. The transformative experience for her was an invitation to see a Navajo sand painting and the accompanying ceremony ...
Houghton Lake (/ ˈ h oʊ t ən /; HOH-tən) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Roscommon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,294 during the 2020 census , making it the largest unincorporated community in Northern Michigan .
The Houghton Lake Heights also offered many services in the early to mid 1900s. According to Beulah Carman: [5] The Heights merchants, because of the variety of stores, hotels, and other attractions, enjoyed a thriving business during the mid-twenties and the thirties, and acquired the reputation and prestige of being the most popular business center of the area.
Houghton Point is an unincorporated community within the township at 3] Houghton Point was settled along the northern shores of Houghton Lake in 1945. A post office opened on November 1, 1949 but is no longer in operation. [4]
Established on August 28, 1965, Hubbell Trading Post encompasses about 65 hectares (160 acres) and preserves the oldest continuously operated trading post on the Navajo Nation. [4] From the late 1860s through the 1960s, the local trading post was the main financial and commercial hub for many Navajo people, functioning as a bank (where they ...
John Bradford Moore (1855–1926) [1] was a trader who established a post at Crystal, New Mexico, at the western end of the Narbona Pass, where he developed the manufacture of Navajo blankets for sale in the United States.
The Shelden Avenue Historic District is a commercial historic district located along Shelden, Lake, & Montezuma Avenues in Houghton, Michigan.The district contains 43 contributing buildings (including the Douglass House and the Shelden-Dee Block, both separately listed) [2] in an area of 22 acres. [1]