Welcome to our Home Town of Crownpoint.  The history of Crownpoint goes back to the first inhabitants when the Anasazi lived here in the local area.  It was here they farmed and hunted as well as engaged in social activities.  The Dine also came along side the Anasazi and lived in the local area.  They called this area T'iis ts'ooz nideeshgiizh because of the greasewood and cottonwood which grew in the back canyons.  In more contemporary times, a man from Idaho came and became the first Superintendent for the new Eastern Navajo Agency.  Samuel F. Stacher established the new government agency and the new Pueblo Bonito Boarding School in 1910.  Later a trading post, a church, and other residential housing were built.  All thru this time, the Dine have maintained their culture and heritage, including continued their cultural native practices, which still plays an important and powerful role in their day-to-day life.