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| Portrait of Hubbell in the house he and his family lived in - the house stayed in the family until 1967 before being sold to the National Park Service to be preserved as a national historic site |
After the brutal ordeal of the 1864 Long Walk and four year imprisonment, the Navajo returned home in 1868 to their destroyed homesteads. Because of this devastation, trading for food and products became important as the Navajo struggled to adjust to reservation life.
The trading post was a gathering place and Hubbell translated and wrote letters, settled quarrels and explained government policy. He opened his home as a hospital when a smallpox epidemic swept the reservation in 1886. Artists can still come and stay at the guest house for two weeks at no cost. However, the National Park Service can choose one of the artist's paintings as payment.
Hubbell died in 1930 and was buried on the hill overlooking the trading post.
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| Inside the trading post the shelves are stocked from floor to ceiling |
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| The wool from the sheep is used for weaving by the locals - the blankets and rugs were beautiful and ranged in price from $80 to upwards of $3000 |
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| I couldn't afford a rug but I did purchase a sand painting, some Navajo tea and pinon coffee |
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