Designed as a means to provide the Navajo with food and the goods of survival, while promoting their arts and crafts is the premise that brought about the Hubbell Trading Post.
John Lorenzo Hubbell began his trading empire that included freights and mail lines as well as trading posts. He was known as "Don Lorenzo" to the whites, and "Old Mexican" and "Double Glasses" to the Navajo.
Lorenzo purchased the trading post in 1878, introducing the Navajo to many new items. Hubbell family members operated the trading post until it was purchased by the National Parks Association in 1967.
Today, it is still active, operated by the non-profit organization, the Western National Parks Association, and they still operate under the same policies of trade that the Hubbell family followed. Step back in time to the Hubbell Trading Post on your way to the Grand Canyon. You'll find the original 160-acre homestead, trading post, family home and visitor center, where weaving demonstrations are given.
