Blue Swallow Motel Named Top Vintage Lodge on Route 66
Tucumcari’s Blue Swallow Motel earns a spot among USA Today’s 10 vintage motels chosen for nostalgic Route 66 appeal. Owner Kevin Mueller and wife Nancy describe original 1940s bathrooms, neon sign, rotary phones, and a check in that blends classic hospitality with modern tech. RoadsideAmerica’s Doug Kirby praises the sign and architecture as a time capsule inviting travelers to a bygone era.
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Tucumcari
USA Today
Kevin Mueller
Blue Swallow Motel
Mueller
Nancy
Larry Bleiberg
Doug Kirby
RoadsideAmerica.com
Kirby
QCS
Jerrene Bradley
Blue Swallow
Youth program sustains Head Start services in Tucumcari
A memorandum between the city of Tucumcari and Eastern Plains CAA Inc keeps the Head Start program operating from 210 West Center Street. Five pre school children are enrolled locally, with 429 children across five counties benefiting from the program and staff meeting required qualifications.
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Tucumcari
Eastern Plains
C.A.A. Inc
Doug Powers
West Center Street
Susan Zamora
Zamora
Center Street
Quay Guadalupe
DeBaca
Curry
Roosevelt
Tonya Hodges
Tucumcari Elementary
Community Benefit Dinner Aims to Help Veterinarian in Quay County
Residents host a dinner and entertainment with Cowboy Poet Baxter Black to assist Jean P. Corey after a May fire killed over 50 animals and damaged Tucumcari Animal Hospital. Proceeds fund her reestablishment efforts at the Quay County Fair Barn on July 27.
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Baxter Black
Jean P. Corey
Quay County
Tucumcari Animal Hospital
Corey
Bell Ranch
Ralph Bonds
Tom Horton
Quay
Barbara Plummer
Mattie Ellis
Baxter Black Benefit at Quay County Fair Barn
The Friends of Tucumcari Animal Hospital present Baxter Black for a festival featuring a show, dinner and dancing until midnight with a no host bar. VIP tickets cost 100 dollars, regular 50 dollars, available at Bob's Budget Pharmacy Shipley Radio Shack and Pajarito Interiors.
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Baxter Black
Tucumcari Animal Hospital
Quay County Fair Barn
Friends of Tucumcari Animal Hospital
Bob's Budget Pharmacy
Shipley Radio Shack
Pajarito Interiors
Quay County
Quay County Fairgrounds
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Nam Seumcari
Dickenson
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Logan Shack Bruhn Hardware
Napa D
New Mexico
Gcsmonline.com
Effie Eisen
Kathleen Frances
Martha Waters
South First St
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