Ok, so I know we can all agree that anything that has "Cari" in it is going to be amazing, but who knew that Tucumcari had so much to offer?!?!
(BTW, this is Cari posting!!)
They have a historical museum, a mountain, and even 3 gas stations! WOW!!!
Now for some fascinating facts for our dedicated viewers about my new favorite place on earth:
Origins:
In 1901, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad built a construction camp in the western portion of modern-day Quay County. Owing to numerous gunfights, the camp became known as Six Shooter Siding. After it grew into a permanent settlement, it was renamed Tucumcari in 1908. The name was taken from Tucumcari Mountain, which is situated near the community.
In Pop Culture:
- Many of the scenes in the television showRawhide (1959–1966) starring Clint Eastwood were shot in the Tucumcari area.[9]
- One of the killers in Truman Capote's 1965 book In Cold Blood asks about the travelling distance to Tucumcari. This scene appears in the 1967 film version of the novel.
- Tucumcari is the setting of one of the first scenes in Sergio Leone's 1965 film For a Few Dollars More, starring Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Gian Maria Volonté. However, this is a prochronism since Tucumcari was founded many years after For a Few Dollars More is set to take place.
- A scene in the 1971 movie Two-Lane Blacktop, starring James Taylor, Dennis Wilson, and Warren Oates, was filmed at a gasoline service station on U.S. Highway 54 just northeast of Tucumcari. Tucumcari Mountain is clearly visible at the beginning of this scene.
- The city is mentioned in the 1988 film Rain Man by the character played by Tom Cruise. However, the location in the scene is not Tucumcari.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!
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