Richard C. Berkholz
1 book in the catalogue, published 2007.
Richard C. Berkholz wrote Old Trading Posts of the Four Corners, a guide to early-day trading posts in the part of the Southwest where Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico meet. It is the one book of his in our catalogue, listed with a 2007 date.
About Richard C. Berkholz
We know Richard Berkholz through his book. A publisher description held by the Uintah County Heritage Museum says he traveled extensively through the Four Corners region before writing it, and calls the result a comprehensive study of early-day trading posts. We could not find a published biography, a birth year or a list of other books, so we state none here.
Books
What the books share
The one book covers posts on or near the Navajo, Hopi and Ute Mountain Ute reservations. According to the same description, the posts opened in the late 1800s and early 1900s, with coverage up to 1950. Each entry gives directions, history, status, condition and owners. The subjects attached to the book are trading posts, commerce, guidebooks and Indians of North America.
The subjects this author is catalogued under. Open Library record.
Next steps for readers of this author
Planning a loop through the Four Corners
Use the guidebook's directions as a start, then check each park or museum's current conditions page before you set out. Roads here can be long and remote.
Visiting respectfully
Posts on reservations may have rules. Ask before photographing people or entering property.
Pairing the guide with a museum stop
Spend an hour at Edge of the Cedars to see the region's cultures, then use the book for what lies nearby.
Go deeper
Old Trading Posts of the Four Corners is a guidebook, and a few public sites in the region still tell the trading post story directly.
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
The park service's history page says John Lorenzo Hubbell bought the post in 1878, and the site is a working trading post.
Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum
A Utah state park museum in Blanding that aims to educate visitors about the cultures of the Four Corners region.
Canyons of the Ancients National Monument
The BLM monument near Cortez covers 176,000 acres with thousands of cultural sites.
Good to know
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