Monument Valley, Utah

We traveled 237 from Cottonwood, Arizona to Monument Valley, Utah. We enjoyed hot air balloons as we were packing up and pulling out.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moenkopi Plateau

a residence???

between Tuba City and Kayenta
Elephant feet

this appears that the train car is being filled.
that enclosed ? conveyer belt brought some type of natural resource
 all of the way from up there in that mountain across the road to the silo type storage

The Goulding's story...Harry Goulding and his wife ,Leona whose nickname was "Mike" came to Monument Valley the early 1920s. Harry was a sheep trader looking for a new business and a place to call home. Monument Valley had once been part of the Pieute Indian Reservation. When the reservation relocated areas of land opened up for sale. The Gouldings were able to purchase a substantial plot of land in Monument Valley and quickly set up a trading post.
The Gouldings conducted business with the local Navajo people who traded hand crafted items like rugs and jewelry in exchange for food and other goods. After living and working in tents for several years, Harry and Mike constructed a permanent building, which currently houses the Goulding's Trading Post Museum.When the Great Depression hit in the 1930s, the Navajo Reservation suffered immensely. Harry heard of a movie production company scouting for locations to film in the Southwest. He believed that bringing a movie production to Monument Valley would help the local Navajos with much needed income. He went to Hollywood, California with their last $60 By luck and perseverance, Harry met the famous director John Ford. So John Ford and his crews began filming Stagecoach starring John Wayne. This was the beginning of more movie and film projects. Harry and Mike retired when Knox College in Illinois took over the trading post and lodge in 1962.



possibly a youth group camp in

the sun setting

More later