The Borrego Pass Trading Post, at Borrego Pass, New Mexico, is a historic trading post. The post and associated structures and sites were listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Borrego Pass Trading Post Historic District in 2012.[1] It includes, or has also been known as, the Ben Harvey Trading Post.[1] The listing was for a 12 acres (4.9 ha) historic district which included 11 contributing buildings, two contributing structures, and four contributing sites.[1]
Borrego Pass Trading Post Historic District | |
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| Location | Bldg. 1601, Co. Rd. 19, Borrego Pass, New Mexico |
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| Coordinates | 35°39′26″N 108°06′20″W / 35.65722°N 108.10556°W |
| Area | 12 acres (4.9 ha) |
| Built | 1927 |
| Built by | Harvey, Ben & Anna; Cousins, Bill &; Smouse, D. & F. Frances Bloomfield |
| Architectural style | One-story rubble stone |
| NRHP reference No. | 11000475[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 29, 2012 |
It is a traditional Navajo trading post, significant also for association with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; like many trading posts it was operated by Anglos, and mainly served Navajos. The Borrego Pass Trading Post was established in 1927 by Ben and Anna Harvey.[2]
The Borrego Pass community formed around the trading post which was opened in 1927 and was first operated by Ben and Anna Harvey,[3] and then starting in 1935 by Bill and Jean Cousins.[4] It was sold in 1939 to Don and Fern Smouse who operated it for over forty years. The trading post was named after the nearby Borrego Pass[5] an ancient water gap, across the Continental Divide,[6] that cuts into the Dutton Plateau.[7]
It was recommended for National Register listing in 2010.[2]
Location: Building 1601, County Road 19 Other names: Tiish Bito (Snake Spring); Dibe Yazhi Habitiin (Lamb Route) Historic function: Commerce/trade; Religion Historic subfunction: Department Store; Religious Structure
References
edit- ^ a b c d "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b Staff (October 25, 2010). "Crownpoint Trading Post Eyed for National Historic Register". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
- ^ "Trading post listed as 'historic place'" Archived July 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine KRQE News 25 October 2010
- ^ Cousins, Jean; Cousins, Bill and Engels, Mary Tate (1996) Tales from Wide Ruins: Jean and Bill Cousins, traders Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock, Texas, pages 77–85, ISBN 0-89672-368-2
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Borrego Pass Trading Post
- ^ Julyan, Robert (1998) "Borrego Pass" The Place Names of New Mexico (revised edition) University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico, page 46, ISBN 0-8263-1689-1
- ^ Lekson, Stephen H. (1999) The Chaco meridian: centers of political power in the ancient Southwest Altamira Press, Walnut Creek, California, page 119, ISBN 0-7619-9180-8
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