Hubbell Trading Post Administrative History

Building Roster

Figure 33. The Hogan-in-the-Lane, HB-11, was probably built in the 1950s by Friday Kinlicheenie for his personal quarters. There were other hogans at the trading post, apparently all north of the main buildings. NPS photo, April, 1966, HUTR Neg. 171.

Hogan-in-the-Lane

HB-11: This crude structure was built in the 1950s (according to Interview #71-Dorothy Hubbell) by Friday Kinlicheenie for his own quarters. It is built in the traditional Navajo style of faced logs chinked with mud. Roof is cribbed-log, dirt covered, the floor earthen. The place was later used as guest quarters. Hogans such as this were found at most trading posts; they housed visiting customers, sheepherders, and employees. This hogan is said to have been built to replace those that were to the north of the trading post, one of which appears in a photo taken by LaCharles Eckel in April of 1931. The hogan represents an important aspect of the trading post operation. [23]