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October 15, 1966 [2] Designated NHL. December 12, 1960 [3] Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site is a historic site on Highway 191, north of Chambers, with an exhibit center in Ganado, Arizona. It is considered a meeting ground of two cultures between the Navajo and the settlers who came to the area to trade.
Trading post. A trading post, trading station, or trading house, also known as a factory in European and colonial contexts, is an establishment or settlement where goods and services could be traded. Typically the location of the trading post allows people from one geographic area to trade in goods produced in another area.
For isolated posts, resupply took longer. Supplying the Oljato post of the Wetherills required a 21-day round trip from Gallup, New Mexico in the early 1900s. Trading posts became more accessible with automobiles and road construction. Trader Clyde Colville constructed a road to his trading post at Kayenta in 1914.
Elmina Castle was erected by the Portuguese in 1482 as Castelo de São Jorge da Mina ( St. George of the Mine Castle ), also known as Castelo da Mina or simply Mina (or Feitoria da Mina ), in present-day Elmina, Ghana, formerly the Gold Coast. It was the first trading post built on the Gulf of Guinea, and the oldest European building in ...
American historic carpentry. The Golden Plow Tavern in York, PA, is a very unusual American building. It is built with corner post construction on the ground floor, half-timbered style of timber framing on the upper floor and has a less common style of wood roof shingles than typical in America. American historic carpentry is the historic ...
A central part of reconstructed Dejima. Dejima ( Japanese: 出島, "exit island") or Deshima, [a] in the 17th century also called Tsukishima ( 築島, "built island"), was an artificial island off Nagasaki, Japan that served as a trading post for the Portuguese (1570–1639) and subsequently the Dutch (1641–1854). [1]
Clark's Bears, named Clark's Trading Post until 2019, [1] [2] is a visitor attraction in Lincoln, New Hampshire, United States, in the White Mountains. It is known for its trained bears [ 3 ] and for the White Mountain Central Railroad , a 30-minute, 2.5-mile (4.0 km) steam-powered train ride.
Fort Raymond. Fort Raymond was an outpost established by fur trader Manuel Lisa. Alternatively it was called either Manuel's Fort or Fort Manuel. It was the first trading post maintained by European descendants in the modern state of Montana .