Swap Meet 66 draws world attention along old Route 66
Thomas LaMance operates Swap Meet 66 west of Milan offering a vast inventory from a 1815 Philadelphia Gazette to a 1926 Fordson ad. His guest book includes signatures from Europe and the Far East while a Japanese film company used his backdrop for still shots. LaMance, once an auctioneer and Alcatraz guard, now runs the indoor swap meet and writes for magazines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Oberholser
Spaciatto
Independart
Milan
Swap Meet 66
Thomas LaMance
Philadelphia Gazette
National Geographics
Fordson
LaMance
Jimmy Carter
Nornhold
Wood Sieanceen Sciteagland Cer Comer
Netherlands
Europe
China
Korea
Far East
Japan
el Morro
Price
California
Alcatraz
New Mexico
Truck Driver Dies After Roll Over On New Mexico 124
Nicholas Luna, 25, of WWC Inc., died after a semi and trailer rolled on New Mexico 124 near a dirt shoulder. Police say he veered off, overcorrected, crossed lanes, and was ejected. He was airlifted to Memorial Hospital in Albuquerque and died there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grants
WWC, Inc
Luna
Acoma-Laguna Hospital
Memorial Hospital
Albuquerque
Jury indicts armed inmate in Grants case
A Cibola County grand jury indicted Carl Segura also known as Joe Garcia at Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in Grants for possession of a deadly weapon by a prisoner a second degree felony after officers found a homemade shank on May 11. The article also notes prior sentences and probation orders for several Grants residents in unrelated cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grants
Carl Segura
Joe Garcia
Western New Mexico
Seegura
Cibola County
Segura
Joseph F. Arite
Felix Ramirez
Arite
Ramirez
Lawrence Chavez
Days Inn open as court fight drags on at Navajo Nation
Navajo Nation hotel owner Romero Brown fights a $3.2 million foreclosure by Community First National of Phoenix. He maintains tribal sovereignty to hear the dispute in tribal court, while the bank seeks state court. Brown runs the motel and pays 30 Navajo staff, with no salary taken in 18 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Donovan
Window Rock
Romero Brown
Brown
Phoenix
Community First National
Window ‘Rock
Allan Sloan
Bank
Brown Lee Days Inn
Davis Lizer indicted for fatal shooting of brother in New Mexico
A federal grand jury in Albuquerque charged Davis Chee Lizer, 42, with voluntary manslaughter and discharging a firearm during a violent crime in the death of his 52-year-old brother Paul Chee Lizer at their hogan near Tse Bonito July 8. Lizer, of Coal Mine between Tse Bonito and Fort Defiance, faces trial in U.S. District Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Maniaci
Diné
Bureau
Window Rock
Albuquerque
Davis Chee
Lizer
Tse Bonito
Fort Defiance
Paul Chee Lizer
Hogan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jeff Jones
Dhe
Tom LaMance
Prewitt
Highway 118
By Christopher Schurtz
Staff Weller
Chavez
E Fabian Chavez
Willie Salazar
Salazar
Mindi Gonzales
Artie
Gonzales
Days Inn
Tuba City
South & North
Naschitti
E.C.E
U.S. District Court
FBI
U.S
U.S. Marshal's Service
Paul
Davis
Lizers
Inder
Carissel Mansfield
Veterans Memories
Gallup
Mansfield
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!