Two Grey Hills Trading Post – Navajo Rugs

The Navajo name for the Two Grey Hills Trading Post was:  Bis Dah itso, “Yellow Clay at an Elevation,” (Van Valkenburgh 1941, 166; Young p.c. 1995), referring to two Mesa Verde sandstone crags nearby. This was erroneously translated by Pearce (1965, 173) as “Two Yellow Adobes.” This post is situated 11 miles east of Newcomb on the Toadlena road (three and a half miles south of Navajo Route 19). Early maps (prior to 1900) show the location as “Crozier.


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