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Tucumcari,
New Mexico,
P. Clinton Bortell, 1913
A wild and wooly railroad town when it got its
start in 1901,
Tucumcari was nicknamed "Six-Shooter Siding" in its early days due to
the quickness of its residents to solve their disputes with pistols.
Within a year, the settlement had a number of businesses which supported
the local ranching and railroading population.
Though a number of small area towns died
during the depression era,
Tucumcari hung on, especially with the many businesses created when
Route 66 barreled right through the center of town. In 1940, when the South Canadian River was dammed,
it created
some 60,000 acres of irrigated farmland, further diversifying the
town's economy.
Today, with a population
of over 6,000,
Tucumcari provides a number of area attractions including The
Mesalands Dinosaur Museum, The
Tucumcari
Historical Museum which includes a historic
Route 66
exhibit, and Ute Lake State Park. It also supports a number of vintage
Route 66
businesses, restaurants and stores, along with their brightly lit neon
signs along its historic Main Street.
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Kathy Weiser/Legends
of America, updated October, 2008.
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