James,
Thanks for this idea to research. I find it interesting as here in Page, I sit virtually on the western border of the Navajo Reservation. During the time, approx. 1999 -2016 that my husband and his friend Gene were getting caught up in tractors and seemed to be collecting every abandoned tractor they could find off the Navajo Reservation, approx. 15, they only found one 9N and one TO 35. All the rest were other brands. But the reservation is big and I plan to do some looking and research on my own thanks to your idea.
Judy
On 2020-04-05 13:19, James Peck wrote:
I recently saw the movie “Code Talkers” for the first time. The movie contained a lot of imagery of the four corners area where the movie starts and reminded me of trips to the Navajo area I made 25 years ago. One thing we all know is that things as portrayed in movies can be a little different than as we view them with our own eyes.
In 1995, I do not know about now, most of the tractors I saw at work or at rest on the Navajo reservation areas were Massey Ferguson. I was told that the tribal business enterprises included a multi-location Massey Ferguson dealership.
Well, back when young men were boarding greyhound busses at remote spots in the Navajo reservation to go off to be trained as Code Talkers, the Massey Ferguson brand did not exist yet. The Ford with Ferguson System 9N and 2N tractors might or might not have been sold in the area then.
I would be interested in knowing the history of how the Navajo tribal government ended up opening up a Massey Ferguson dealership and what has transpired since.
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