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On New Mexico Route 54, on the right when traveling north.
Offering the best walleye fishing in New Mexico, this reservoir on the Canadian River also provides good fishing for both white and largemouth bass, channel cat fish and crappie. Park facilities include camping, picnicking sites, a playground, boat . . . — — Map (db m245878) HM
On U.S. 54 at milepost 351, on the left when traveling west.
The area is rich in prehistoric evidence, and home of the buffalo and Plains Indians. Explored by the early Spanish, the area was settled when the Rock Island Railroad was built thru in 1901.
The brick building, built in 1921, was home for a fine . . . — — Map (db m78866) HM
On U.S. 54 at milepost 343, on the left when traveling west.
Founded in 1906 and at one time had a couple dozen buildings with all types of business found in early western towns including a newspaper called Obar Progress.
A partial list of the several hundred pioneer families who homesteaded in the Obar . . . — — Map (db m78867) HM
On State Road 469, 0.4 miles south of Interstate 40, on the right when traveling south.
Sediments shed from the rising mountains to the west formed the Llano Estacado, later to be bypassed by streams such as the Pecos and Canadian Rivers and left standing in bold relief with a relatively level, uneroded caprock surface. Croplands on . . . — — Map (db m91040) HM
On East Route 66 Boulevard (Business Interstate 40) at South Dawson Street, on the right when traveling east on East Route 66 Boulevard.
The Motel Safari opened in 1959, during the height of the Mother Road's popularity.
Developer Chester Dohrer employed an architectural style known as 'Doo Wop' or 'Googie' to achieve a unique look that immediately set the Safari apart from the . . . — — Map (db m183590) HM
On State Road 209 at milepost 71.5, on the right when traveling north.
The last of the train robbers, Black Jack Ketchum, who terrorized the railroads in the 1880's killed two men near this spot and hid out in a cave near Saddleback Mesa to the Southwest. The swarthy bandit was wounded in his last robbery and hanged in . . . — — Map (db m93199) HM
On East Tucumcari Boulevard (Interstate 40) east of South Date Street, on the right when traveling east.
By 1700 the Comanches had acquired the horse and began moving into this area. They drove out the Jicarilla Apaches, and their raids on New Mexico's eastern frontier posed a threat to Indian, Spanish and Anglo settlements for over a century. The . . . — — Map (db m118323) HM
Built under Brigadier General James H. Carleton. First Post Commander Captain Peter W.L. Plympton with Company F, 7th U.S. Infantry and Company 1st New Mexico Volunteer Cavalry. Named after Captain George N. Bascom, 16th U.S. Infantry. Officers . . . — — Map (db m63510)
On State Road 104 at milepost 100.3, on the right when traveling north.
Fort Bascom was built to protect this area from Comanches. In 1864, Kit Carson led a campaign against the Comanches, as did General Philip Sheridan in 1868. The fort was also established to control the Comancheros, New Mexicans involved in illegal . . . — — Map (db m93198) HM
On U.S. 54 at milepost 305.5, on the right when traveling west.
This area was troubled by both Comanches and Comancheros, New Mexicans who traded illegally with the Indians, until the military campaigns of 1874. With the coming of the railroad in 1898, the small community of Liberty, eight miles to the north, . . . — — Map (db m78868) HM
On East Tucumcari Boulevard, 0.5 miles west of Quay Road Am, on the right when traveling west.
This area was troubled by both Comanches and Comancheros, New Mexicans who traded illegally with the Indians, until the military campaigns of 1874. With the coming of the railroad in 1898, the small community of Liberty, eight miles to the north, . . . — — Map (db m78888) HM
On East Main St (U.S. 54), on the right when traveling east.
Tucumcari Mountain has long been a landmark for travelers along the Canadian River. Pedro Vial mentioned it in 1793, while opening a trail between Santa Fe and St. Louis. In order to find the best route from Arkansas to California, Capt. Randolph . . . — — Map (db m4378) HM
On East Tucumcari Boulevard, 0.5 miles west of Quay Road Am, on the right when traveling west.
Tucumcari Mountain has long been a landmark for travelers along the Canadian River. Pathfinder Pedro Vial mentioned it in 1793, while opening a trail between Santa Fe and St. Louis. In order to find the best route from Arkansas to California, Capt. . . . — — Map (db m119938) HM
On State Road 209, 0.5 miles south of Interstate 40, on the left when traveling south.
Tucumcari Mountain has long been a landmark for travelers along the Canadian River. Pathfinder Pedro Vial mentioned it in 1793, while opening a trail between Santa Fe and St. Louis. In order to find the best route from Arkansas to California, Capt. . . . — — Map (db m119940) HM
On West Tucumcari Boulevard west of West Hines Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Born in Bavaria and widowed in Las Vegas, New Mexico, Yetta ran the family store and raised four children alone. She later moved to La Cinta on the Canadian River where she opened another store, became postmistress, started a bank and operated a . . . — — Map (db m78891) HM