Geronimo Trading Post — Local services in Four Corners States

Update: 11-17-23 We came here about a month ago and found out the owner had died and they were having a meeting the following Monday to decide if the store would stay open or if it would be closing. I was hoping they Would stay open but it is 10:30am and we just stopped here and the shop is closed. Not sure if that is just today, or forever. 🥺 we mostly came here to buy geodes. On occasion we have found a few other things to buy but most things in the store are pretty expensive. When we first started coming here about 3 years ago the geodes were $1.99. After they reopened from the Covid shut down, they had raised the price for their geodes to $2.99 but it was still a decent deal , so we kept coming. We have stopped here about every 6 weeks to 2 months.

Love coming here. We have purchased a few very unique one of a kind things here. Take note though. Their hours are what they want them to be. Don’t come too early and make sure you get here 2 hours before their listed closing time or you might not get in. We showed up today and they are supposed to be open till 5pm and they closed at 3:40pm. Last time came early, about 8:30 and they weren’t open yet. We ran around town for a couple of hours and came back instead of waiting for someone to show up. Still love this place. It’s just...

...rude Rude RUDE!

Don't bother going inside, especially if you are travelling with small children.

There is a VERY RUDE LADY HERE! Short older lady. (Owner)

The indian village and petrified specimens outside are neat for kids and a great photo op...but...

Our visit:

Our kids are very well behaved and were with us the whole time while we were mostly the only people in the store at the time. She watched them and us like a hawk and a prison guard...with very uncomfortable stares. Then, she told us we were blocking the isle wile looking at some kids toys. * No one else was in store mind you at this time.*

She then asked if we were going to buy any of the toys we were looking at..."uh, well not now," we finally responded, as she threw our change due at us from several drinks that we just purchased.

WOW!

Travel East several miles down the 40, there are much better places with nicer owners and things, more items, much friendlier staff, and restrooms available for...

It has alot of stuff. Most of it isn't authentic, homemade Indian things. Their petrified wood items are, however, and they are truly amazing art. The store is small and cluttered. The outside has teepees, which are made of metal and inside are full of trash and graffiti. The petrified logs out front are interesting. The employees weren't very friendly. Don't expect to be treated like a customer if you have kids, you're watched like you're going to break or steal something. This store is right off I40, and I'm sure they get a whole array of people passing by, but that doesn't excuse rudeness. Also, most of their stuff is way over priced. Especially for generic...