Rt66 Newkirk Traditional Cache
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Bison tube near highway.
Conant (named for James P Conant, an early rancher) was the first name of this community; it was settled in 1901 when the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RR line came through. This settlement was later called Casa Colorado, and finally Newkirk by a settler from Newkirk, OK.
From “The Place Names of New Mexico” Revised Edition, by Robert Julyan
*** Congrats to Tux for FTF (8 FTF in a row on a long drive to Texas and back and in snow)!!! ***
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