Tucumcari -- Tucumcari NM
N 35° 10.331 W 103° 41.625
13S E 618950 N 3892918
Second of two historic markers in a small roadside park east of Tucumcari on old US66
Waymark Code: WMM9RX
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 08/18/2014
Views: 19
The second of two historic markers in this roadside pullout relates history of the town of Tucumcari itself.
This marker reads as follows:
"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, Liberty, eight miles to the north, moved here to form the nucleus of Tucumcari, (incorporated in 1908). The Rock Island-Southern pacific Depot built in 1927 is an outstanding example of Mission Revival style depot and recently restored."
History::
http://www.stoppingpoints.com/nm/Quay/Tucumcari+(2).html
Link to History,Plaque or Sign:: [Web Link]
Additional Point: Not Listed
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