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Teec Nos Pos Trading Post

The Location of the Teec Nos Pos Trading Post is on the Navajo Nation, in an area known as the Four Corners, which is named for the point were the four States of Arizona, Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico meet.

The trading post has a rich History. In 1905 the original trading post was established in a canyon on the north side of the Carrizo Mountains. The canyon had a large stand of cottonwood trees and the community name of Teec Nos Pos (pronounced Tees-NAHS-pas) has a Navajo meaning of "circle of cottonwoods".

The community name of Teec Nos Pos (pronounced Tease-Nhas-phas) has a Navajo meaning of "circle of cottonwood trees".

The Teec Nos Pos Trading Post was established in 1905 by Hambleton Bridger Noel. Hamp was the last of four brothers to move west in 1898, from Essex County, Virginia. His motivation to move west was the promise of dry air to cure his tuberculosis. The Noel brothers settled at Fort Defiance, Arizona. It was in 1905 that Hamp Noel drove his wagon loaded with trade goods, alone and unarmed across the Arizona desert, to a canyon beyond theCarrizo Mountains. The canyon had a large stand of cottonwood trees. Here he founded Teec Nos Pos and the first trading post in this part of theNavajo Nation. Teec Nos Pos (pronounced Tees-NAHS-pas) has a Navajo meaning of "Cottonwood Trees In A Circle".

The community name of  Teec Nos Pos (pronounced Tease-Nhas-phas) has a  meaning of "circle of cottonwood trees".