America’s Historic Roads
Puzzle 55 · The Many Landscapes of Route 66 · Page 79 in print
Arizona Trading Posts
Peach Springs was a Hualapai place long before Route 66. Its trading post later served local residents as well as travelers, exchanging food and craftwork for manufactured goods.
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Ancel Taylor
Owner who expanded the Peach Springs business.
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Baskets
Hualapai craft goods exchanged at the post.
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Canned Foods
Manufactured provisions traded at the post.
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Chimneys
Large masonry features of the trading post.
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Cloth
Fabric exchanged through the store.
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Curio Shops
Roadside businesses selling souvenir objects.
Holbrook
Arizona community associated with petrified-wood sales.
Hualapai
People whose traditional territory includes Peach Springs.
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Jackrabbit
Arizona roadside store described in the NPS study.
Medicine
Health supplies obtained through the post.
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Parapets
Low walls extending above the roofline.
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Pawn
Exchange of belongings for a redeemable advance.
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Peach Springs
Arizona community with a historic trading post.
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Petrified Wood
Fossil material sold by local roadside businesses.
Vigas
Exposed wooden beams in the trading-post design.
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Sources
- Arizona: Peach Springs Trading PostNational Park Service
- Special Resource Study: Route 66 (Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California)National Park Service