Now listed on the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties, it welcomes a few visitors and collectors among the quiet flow of regular customers. From the bench on the front porch, a cross section of Navajoland can be observed. Young professionals in modern dress stop here, along with the traditional non-English speaking folk. The trading post has changed slowly over the years to serve the needs of the community. All the essentials are here, from microwave sandwiches and Huggies to kerosene lamps, enamel pots, fresh mutton, and washboards.
Neighbors drop by to pick up their mail or cash a check.
They may bring pinon nuts, wool, handmade weaving tools, or rugs and other arts to sell or trade. A few locally made pots, mud toys, wedding baskets, and miniature looms are usually on hand. Other early trading posts that gave their names to regional Navajo rug styles have disappeared or moved to the highway. The extraordinary popularity of the Two Grey Hills blankets, rugs, and tapestries has kept this store alive for over 100 years. Although surrounded by evidence of Anasazi settlement 1000 years ago, archaeologists and anthropologists have passed on through.