Old Trading Posts of the Four Corners

by Richard C. Berkholz

This book is about trading posts. Old trading posts. Trading posts that are still operating and ones that are long gone without a trace, except for a crumbling wall or foundation. The book describes the present condition of each post, examines its history, and provides directions to even the hard-to-find posts. Indian trading posts are rapidly becoming a thing of the past, and, although many still occupy the original buildings, few of today's so-called trading posts bear any similarity to the working posts of the past. This book is a guide to early-day trading posts established on or around the Navajo, Hopi, and Ute Mountain Ute Reservations.

195 pages, Perfect Paperback

First published May 7, 2007

Reviews

[Sam Hufman · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have thoroughly enjoyed this book until I started trying to find some of the trading posts I've encountered in the Four Corners area. I was EXTREMELy disappointed that he did not see fit to include Twin Rocks Trading Post or Cow Canyon Trading Post out of Bluff, Utah. These are both active trading posts. Cow Canyon should qualify as "old", even if twin Rocks TP might not.

I have enjoyed the challenge of attempting to find some of the posts described, as well as the histories of the various posts.