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Cottam, Erica, 1985-

Hubbell Trading Post : Trade, Tourism, and the Navajo Southwest / Erica Cottam. - xii, 356 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Drifting into Navajo country : Juan Lorenzo Hubbell and the Navajos -- Traders to the Navajos : early Trading Posts in the Pueblo Colorado Valley -- Laying the foundations : the Daily Business of the Hubbell Trading Post, 1878-1900 -- The rise of an empire : expansion and Evolution, 1900-1914 -- Troubled times : changing Fortunes, 1915-1929 -- "No misrepresentations, No Shams, and No Counterfeits" : tourism and the Curio Trade -- "Seekers of beauty" and ''Adventurers into the Buried Long Ago" : visitors to the Post -- "The worst They Ever Knew" : the Great Depression and World War II, 1930-1945 -- A New Era : becoming a National Historic Site, 1945-1967.

ISBN: 0806148373 9780806148373

LCCN: 2015001127

Subjects--Personal Names:
Hubbell family.
Hubbell, John Lorenzo.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Navajo Indians--Commerce.
Indian traders--Arizona--Ganado--Biography

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site (Ganado, Ariz.)--History
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site (Ganado, Ariz.)
Navajo Indian Reservation--History

LC Class. No.: F819.G36 / C65 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 979.137