A travel article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about attractions in the Southwest — including a new hotel with incredible views of Monument Valley — includes information about the Route 66 town of Winslow, Ariz.
There’s the usual Winslow stuff about La Posada and Standin’ on a Corner Park. But there’s a tidbit of which I was unaware:
Winslow’s second revival is going on down the street at the old distribution center built by John Lorenzo Hubbell, who began trading with the Navajo in 1876. He used the center to acquire wool from the Indians, which was weighed, cleaned and loaded into rail cars. The Winslow Chamber of Commerce now owns the building and is creating a visitors center and museum scheduled to open in the spring of next year.
That’s something to look forward to.