Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)

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Step back in time at Hubbell Trading Post NHS

Feel the old wooden floor give slightly and squeak beneath your feet as you enter the oldest, continuously operating trading post on the Navajo Nation. As your eyes adjust to the dim lighting of the "bullpen" you might catch the trader negotiating a deal with a Native American artist for their art. You will experience history first hand at Hubbell Trading Post NHS.

John Lorenzo Hubbell purchased a trading post here in 1878, ten years after Navajos returned to their homeland from their terrible exile at Bosque Redondo, Ft. Sumner, New Mexico. During the four years held at Bosque Redondo, Navajos were introduced to many new things. After they returned home, traders like Hubbell supplied those new items for the Navajo.

Hubbell family members operated this trading post until it was sold to the National Park Service in 1965. The trading post store is still active. Now operated by Western National Parks Association, a non-profit co-operating Association they carry-on the trading business the Hubbell family established.

Take some time to discover this authentic Indian trading post and original 160 acre homestead.
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Hubbell Trading Post NHS
P.O. Box 150
Ganado, Arizona 86505

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Phone

Hubbell Trading Post NHS (NPS)
(928) 755-3475

Hubbell Trading Post Store
(928) 755-3254

Fax

(928) 755-3405

Climate

Ganado is located in Northeastern Arizona within the Navajo Nation at 6300 feet above sea level. It has a four-season climate with winter snows and summer rains.

Summers are warm and dry until the rains fall in late July. Temperatures range from 50 to 90 degrees.

Winters are cold and generally dry with brief periods of snow or rain. Winter temperatures range from 0 to 40 degrees.

The sun shines most of the year providing very pleasant days.