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KAIBETO TRADING POST MAPS AND NOTES
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Kaibeto letter 092552 Ralph to Anne (Word)
Letter postmarked Sep 25 A.M. 1952 at Tuba City, Ariz., 3 cent stamp; printed return address is Kaibeto Trading Post, Tonalea, Arizona. Addressed to Miss E.A. Jones, 606 West Oak, Winslow, Arizona Wed Eve (marked 1952 but in a different writing style than the rest of the letter) Supervision will be coming by in a few minutes to take the mail out and thus no Super Humans in here at the moment so I’ll drop you the latest scandal Arline Owens[should redact this name?] has a 5 ½ lb baby girl the other day I understand she is trying to adopt it out The sheep are coming in awful slow this year We have been buying two weeks now We are about half finished according to the Count. (sp?) The roads are all washed out in all directions which has something to do with it. We went three full days without any cars getting into the store I’ve been just about down with my back for 2 weeks and your mother isn’t so hot either but guess we will make it some how and that’s about all for this time. Read your letter today, Harry [?] x Jolly [?] has been here and gone. None of his folks were at home. With love, Parents
USGS topo map 1891 1937 edition
I’ve copied a USGS topo map of Echo Cliffs, AZ dated 1897 and produced under the directorship of John Wesley Powell (who first floated through Grand Canyon)/
That map shows Kaibeto Springs as an isolated feature in the region we know. The springs is at the junction of four long trails.
Since you have found the trading post was built around 1914, we now know the springs were name before that—and that the post was bult within 1/3 mile of the springs, likely using the springs as the source of its water.
It is all the more likely the post is named for the springs,
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