Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
Rugs, jewelry, ledgers, groceries, wagons, family rooms, and a working bullpen reveal commerce and power in a Diné community without freezing trading-post life in 1900.
Artwork inspired by Harrison Begay
Hubbell is a working trading post and a preserved business landscape. The bullpen still sells groceries and Native art, while the home, barn, wagons, corrals, ledgers, and collections expose how credit, wool, weaving, language, and unequal market power intersected after the Long Walk. Trader history matters, but Diné makers and customers are not supporting characters in someone else’s frontier story.
Join a ranger-led home tour if offered; the interior collection and family spaces are otherwise easy to miss. Ask before photographing people or artwork, and treat the trading floor as a real business. Ganado is remote, Navajo Nation observes daylight saving time, and services may close earlier than expected, so verify hours and arrive supplied.
- Established
- 1878
- Status
- Active trading post
- Allow
- 1½–2½ hours
Quick guide
- Anchor
- Trading-post bullpen
- Second focus
- Hubbell home tour ↔ Barn and wagon collection
How to read Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site on site
- Begin in bullpen
- Observe what a working trade floor still does today.
- Follow exchange
- Connect wool, rugs, credit, groceries, and market power.
- Tour the home
- Use a ranger program to see collection and domestic spaces.
- Buy respectfully
- Ask makers, materials, and attribution rather than bargaining reflexively.
Good to know
Hubbell follows Navajo Nation time, which observes daylight saving time and can differ from Phoenix in summer. Home tours depend on staffing and capacity. The store is a functioning business; ask permission before photographing people, and do not assume every object is an anonymous souvenir.
Notice these
- Trading-post bullpen
- Hubbell home tour
- Barn and wagon collection