Carl’s Childhood
Alice (Peshlakai) Gorman poses with her two oldest children, Mary and Carl. Photo by J.R. Willis, Gallup, NM, 1909.
Carl Gorman was born in 1907 in a one room stone house outside of Chinle, AZ. He was one of five siblings and the oldest son of Nelson and Alice (Peshlakai) Gorman.
Carl spent his early childhood on his father’s ranch and store located at the mouth of Canyon de Chelly. Nelson Gorman was one of the first Navajos to own and operate a trading post in the early 1900s.
Carl, far right, and his younger brother Wallace, help out with chores. The man, John Lee, was one of Nelson Gorman’s ranch hands. circa 1913.
Carl with his youngest brother, Steve. Circa 1914