Homestead and farm: a history of farming at the Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
Peterson CS. 1986. Homestead and farm: a history of farming at the Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site. Southwest Parks and Monuments Association. Globe, AZ
This study traces and describes the means by which John Lorenzo Hubbell' s occupation of the farm evolved from business interest to land claim and from land claim to water right and how it all became an operating farm. The relations of human beings, the role of the environment, and the interaction of material culture and farming procedures are also considered. Examined in addition is the influence of the farm on related aspects of the Hubbell business, including freighting and livestock trade, and the way the farm was influenced by government agencies and by Navajos who also farmed at Ganado. Clearly evident is the fact that the Hubbell farm was part of a much larger context. Yet this is a case study that looks primarily at what happened on 160 acres. Functions are examined in detail. Pointed attention is paid to values, routines, adaptations, successess, and failures as well as to the farm's premises, buildings and machines. In studying these questions as they pertain to a single farm it is sometimes necessary to utilize overlapping data. This is apparent in the approaches of several chapters where information applied elsewhere appears. In the sense that many interpretive judgements are made this is a creative work. Yet it is hoped that facts give it the ballast and thrust of good history.