Hubbell Trading Post NHS: An Administrative History Hubbell Trading Post Administrative History Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site An Administrative History Albert Manchester and Ann Manchester 1993 National Park Service Division of History Southwest Cultural Resources Center Santa Fe, New Mexico Professional Papers No. 46 <<< Contents >>> hutr/adhi/adhi.htm Last Updated: 22-Jan-2001 file:///C|/Web/HUTR/adhi/adhi.htm4/24/2007 4:06:08 PM Hubbell Trading Post NHS: An Administrative History Hubbell Trading Post Administrative History TABLE OF CONTENTS Cover List of Figures Dedication Acknowledgements Executive Summary Introduction Location, Access, and Public Facilities Utility Systems Economic Trends On Avoiding A Gaffe The Navajo Language Physical Descriptions of the Historic Site History of the Site to 1957 Chapter I: Hubbell Trading Post, July, 1957 The Birth of an Idea Chapter II: Legislative History Ned Danson Looks for Help Barry Goldwater, Carl Hayden and Stewart L. Udall Made Early Trips to Ganado The National Park Service Goes to Work file:///C|/Web/HUTR/adhi/adhit.htm (1 of 8)4/24/2007 4:06:09 PM Hubbell Trading Post NHS: An Administrative History Roman Hubbell Dies The National Advisory Board of the National Park Service Joins the Act Robert Utley's Special Report of Hubbell Trading Post, Ganado, Arizona, for the National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings S. 1871 and H.R. 7279 Opposition Arises to the Hubbell Trading Post Legislation Inventories and Appraisals Hubbell Trading Post in Limbo The Origin of the Live Trading Post Concept Success Chapter III: Land Acquisition Hubbell Hill The National Park Service Moves to Hubbell Trading Post The Case of the Silk Rug Chapter IV: The National Park Service Finds an Operator for the Trading Post The Rise and Fall of the Trading Post as an Important Institution The NPS Looks for an Operator for the Trading Post John Cook Asks for Southwest Parks and Monuments Association Enter Southwest Parks and Monuments Association SPMA Searches for its Role at Hubbell Trading Post The Third and Final Plan for SPMA at Hubbell Trading Post Chapter V: Traders and Trading Bill Young, SPMA's First Trader at Hubbell Trading Post, 1967-1978 What It takes to be an Indian Trader Wool and Mohair and Pinon Nuts and Livestock Alan R. Grieve, Trader/Manager, 1978-1981 Why John Young was not Chosen to Succeed his Father as Trader/Manager Changes in Trading Practices During Alan Grieve's Tenure as Trader/Manager Al Grieve Resigns Billy Gene Malone, Trader/Manager, 1981 to Present Conflicts Chapter VI: The Trading Post Finances, Organization, and Some Veteran Employees Finances SPMA's Employees at the Trading Post Long-Term Employees at the Trading Post The Chain of Command at the Trading Post file:///C|/Web/HUTR/adhi/adhit.htm (2 of 8)4/24/2007 4:06:09 PM Hubbell Trading Post NHS: An Administrative History SPMA Employees Who are not Clerks Friday Kinlicheenie, Retired SPMA Employee Chapter VII: Cultural Resources I Building Roster Trading Post and Wareroom Extension (HB-1 and HB-9) Hubbell Residence (HB-2) Barn (HB-3) Manager's Residence (HB-4) Stone Residence (HB-5) Guest Hogan (HB-6) Bread Oven (HB-7) Adobe Utility Building (HB-8) Corrals, Pens and Sheds (HB-10) Hogan-in-the-Lane (HB-11) Site Offices and Visitor Center, Rest Rooms, Library (Old School and Chapter House Complex) (HB-12, HB-13, HB-14) Proposed Research Studies Pertinent Studies On File At The Historic Site Chapter VIII: Cultural Resources II The Museum Collection Two Notable Artists Who Stayed at Hubbell Trading Post Elbridge Ayer Burbank Maynard Dixon Collection Management Plan (1975) The Collection History Archeology Ethnology Library Management Natural History Acquisition Restrictions on Museum Collection Some Disparate Issues Concerning The Museum Collection Recommended Action Concerning the Museum Collection The Curators of Hubbell Trading Post Chapter IX: Cultural Resources III Indian Culture 9500 B.C. to 5500 B. C Paleo-Indian Period, 9500 B.C. to 5500 B.C Desert Culture Period, 5500 B.C. to 0 A.D file:///C|/Web/HUTR/adhi/adhit.htm (3 of 8)4/24/2007 4:06:09 PM Hubbell Trading Post NHS: An Administrative History Anasazi Period, A.D. 0 to A.D. 1300 The Navajo Some Archeological Sites Within the Boundaries of Hubbell Trading Post Conclusion Pertinent Research Studies on File at Hubbell Trading Post (listed chronologically) Suggested Further Research Chapter X: Cultural Resources IV The Land Farmlands The Alfalfa Farm Who Will Do the Farming for the NPS Irrigation at Hubbell Trading Post Farmland Research Chapter XI: Special Events and Public Relations Dedication Ceremony The Blessing Way After Lightning Struck a Tree at Hubbell Trading Post Daughters of the American Colonists On the Road: Shows, Fairs, Exhibits, Galleries Conclusion Chapter XII: Interpretation of the Site Interpretive Objectives (1980) Intercultural Relations - Exchange of Cultures The Origin of Hubbell Trading Post's Annual Chicken Report Cultural Interpretation Chapter XIII: Planning for the Site Management Objectives The Kitchen Conference Planning Documents for Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site Master Plan for Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site, 1966 Master Plan, 1972 Statement for Management, December, 1975 Resources Management Plan, 1979 Assessment of Alternatives for Development Concept Plans, March, 1979 Development Concept Plan, August, 1980 Resources Management Plan, 1981 Resources Management Plan and Environmental Assessment, Approved January, file:///C|/Web/HUTR/adhi/adhit.htm (4 of 8)4/24/2007 4:06:09 PM Hubbell Trading Post NHS: An Administrative History 1982 Statement for Management, 1986 Resources Management Plan, 1988 Conclusion Chapter XIV: Maintenance and Stabilization Stabilization Projects The Mid-1970s Barn Debacle Other Stabilization Projects Threats to the Site (Of Fire, Flood, Prairie Dogs, and the Plague) Roads and Bridges Chapter XV: Continuing Policy and Administrative Issues Employee Housing Security for the Museum Collection and the Trading Post The NPS and SPMA at the Historic Site The Friends of Hubbell Trading Post Irrigation and Erosion An Island in the Middle of the Vast Navajo Reservation Chapter XVI: Hubbell Trading Post's Superintendents (1967-1991) John Cook 1966-1969 Wescoat Wolfe 1969 Bernard G. Tracy 1969-1971 Kevin McKibbin 1971-1974 Thomas G. Vaughan 1974-1978 Juin Crosse 1978-1980 Luis Edward Gastellum 1981-1984 Charles Barry Cooper 1984-1986 Douglas C. McChristian 1986-1987 Charles D. Wyatt 1987 to present Acting Superintendents Bibliographic Essay Bibliography Appendix A: Public Law 89-148 Appendix B: Memorandum of Agreement between NPS and SPMA file:///C|/Web/HUTR/adhi/adhit.htm (5 of 8)4/24/2007 4:06:09 PM Hubbell Trading Post NHS: An Administrative History Appendix C: Memorandum of Understanding between NPS and University of Arizona Appendix D: Memorandum of Agreement between HTPNHS and the Friends of HTPNHS, Inc Appendix E: Land Description Appendix F: Staffing Table Appendix G: Annual Gross Sales of SPMA at HTPNHS Appendix H: Annual Operating Budget Amounts at HTPNHS Appendix I: Visitor Use by Year 1968 to March, 1991 Index (omitted from on-line edition) LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Vicinity of Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site 2. Map of Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site 3. Photograph shows wareroom, the curator's office and storage area, and in the background, the barn 4. Hubbell Trading Post as seen from the top of Hubbell Hill looking across the Pueblo Colorado Wash 5. John Lorenzo Hubbell in 1908. This is one of the famous "Redheads" done by E. A. Burbank 6. John Lorenzo Hubbell holds one end of a rug. A Navajo woman, probably the weaver, holds the other end 7. Navajo wagons at Hubbell Trading Post circa 1910 8. The original east-west road through Ganado ran right past the front of Hubbell Trading Post 9. The trading post Bullpen in 1949 10. Roman and Dorothy Hubbell file:///C|/Web/HUTR/adhi/adhit.htm (6 of 8)4/24/2007 4:06:09 PM Hubbell Trading Post NHS: An Administrative History 11. Dr. Edward B. Danson in the backyard of his home in Sedona, Arizona 12. Trader Bill Young examines a Navajo rug with Roberta Tso 13. Loading wool to take to town 14. Weighing wool at Hubbell Trading Post 15. Putting sheep into the corral—the horseman is Friday Kinlicheenie 16. Al Grieve, Trader/Manager at Hubbell Trading Post NHS 17. Bill Malone, Trader/Manager of Hubbell Trading Post NHS 18. Helen Kirk, weaver, in 1984 19. Silversmith Ben Davis at work in the Visitor Center 20. Early morning at Hubbell Trading Post 21. The Hubbell home 22. The interior of the Hubbell home, the hall, looking north to the front door 23. Hubbell Residence 24. The Barn, HB-3 25. Manager's Residence (Ranger's Residence), HB-4 26. Stone Residence (Bunkhouse), HB-5 27. Guest Hogan 28. The Guest Hogan 29. The massive fireplace in the Guest Hogan 30. The Bread Oven, HB-7 31. The Adobe Utility Building, HB-8 32. The corrals, pens and sheds, HB-10 33. The Hogan-in-the-Lane, HB-11 34. Visitor Center and Site Office, HB-12 35. The Restrooms, HB-13 36. The Library 37. The Hubbell home as it appeared on August 18, 1909 38. Some of the museum collection 39. Archeological sites at Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site 40. A corner of Wide Reed Ruin 41. Laying inka to cover HUTR 10 42. Dedication Ceremony, September 7, 1967 43. Friday Kinlicheenie doing a Blessing Way ceremony 44. One of two structures at the historic site 45. The Pueblo Colorado Wash in flood 46. Erosion along the Pueblo Colorado Wash 47. Creating gab ions in the Pueblo Colorado Wash 48. Employee housing at Hubbell Trading Post NHS 49.