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| Richardson Trading Post (1939, company est 1913) is the oldest indigenous American trading post in Gallup, NM, with Navajo and Zuni rugs, art, jewelry, etc, and it has obviously expanded to most of the storefronts on the block |
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| Richardson's Trading Post sign |
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| Child-size outfit |
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| Gallup Cultural Center (1996) is located in the Santa Fe Depot (1917-1918, in Mission Revival style) |
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| Statue (1997, by Tim Washburn) of Chief Manuelito of the Navajo (who call themselves the Diné/people); the Chief led his people's resistance to be forcibly moved via The Long Walk in 1854, then afterwards signed the treaty that established sovereignty of the Navajo Nation (a Roadside America attraction) |
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| Navajo Code Talker (by Oreland Joe) honors the Navajo Marines who were instrumental in developing and using the unbreakable military communications code in WWII |
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| Okay, we thought they were calling the Kachina dolls fetishes, but Zuni fetishes are small carvings, in stone or shell, of guardian animals |
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| El Rancho Hotel (1937) for the movie stars and film crews that frequented Gallup from the 1930s-1950s, at a time when New Mexico was already established as the perfect western landscape for movies |
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| El Rancho Hotel sign |
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| El Rancho Hotel room |
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| Whoa! The shower curtain |
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| The bathroom has been updated |
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| The telephone has not been updated (actually, it was!) |
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| Each guest room is named for a movie star; we had Jack Carson (who?!) |
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| Jack Carson starred in one movie, The Groom Wore Spurs, and did stay at the hotel (not necessarily this room!) |
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| Hey GFE ressidents - talk about hallway carpets that make you dizzy! |
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| El Rancho Hotel lobby |
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| El Rancho Hotel Restaurant |
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| What the heck was this pool in the corner of the restaurant? |
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| For dinner we just had take-out on the balcony on the front of El Rancho Hotel |
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| After our night's stay at Historic El Rancho Hotel (5/16/2023) |
Next: Petrified Forest National Park.
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