Tucumcari Tonite!: A Story of Railroads, Route 66, and the Waning of a Western Town

Tucumcari, New Mexico, was founded in 1901 by the Rock Island Railroad and soon had major railroad...
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Author: David H. Stratton
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Tucumcari Tonite!: A Story of Railroads, Route 66, and the Waning of a Western Town by Stratton, David H.

Tucumcari Tonite!: A Story of Railroads, Route 66, and the Waning of a Western Town

$56.50

Tucumcari Tonite!: A Story of Railroads, Route 66, and the Waning of a Western Town

$56.50
Author: David H. Stratton
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Tucumcari, New Mexico, was founded in 1901 by the Rock Island Railroad and soon had major railroad lines converging there from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Memphis as well as a northern branch line from the Dawson coalfields. The federal highway system established Route 66, the Main Street of America, through the middle of town in 1926. Tucumcari flourished as a tourist mecca, welcoming travelers with its blazing displays of neon lights. But mergers, reorganizations, and financial problems of the railroads, as well as the creation of the interstate highway system that bypassed small places, brought a sharp decline to the once-prosperous town.

Tucumcari Tonite! blends in-depth research and personal and family experiences to re-create a memoir of Tucumcari. Drawing on newspapers and government documents as well as business records, personal interviews, and archival holdings, Stratton weaves a poignant tale of a western town's rise and decline--providing a prime example of the destructive forces that have been inflicted on small towns in the West and all across America.



Author: David H. Stratton
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 04/01/2022
Pages: 364
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.91d
ISBN: 9780826363398

About the Author
Stratton, David H.: - David H. Stratton was born and raised two blocks south of Route 66 and within a few blocks of the local railroad yards in Tucumcari. He is a professor emeritus of history at Washington State University in Pullman and the author of Tempest Over Teapot Dome: The Story of Albert B. Fall and Tree Top: Creating a Fruit Revolution. Stratton now lives in Olympia, Washington.

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