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If you're old enough to remember Route 66 when it ran, non stop, from Chicago to L.A., then you probably remember the name Tucumcari. Probably no other town (or city) along
Route 66 could match Tuncumcari's advertising campaigns. Then it was known as the town that's two blocks wide and two miles long. Now, exit to exit, it is seven miles long and much more than two blocks wide; but it is still a small town. Of course, at night with all the neon you can't help but think 'Las Vegas'.
Visitors' Center
- Take the I-40 Business exit. The Tucumcari Chamber of Commerce is on I-40 Business almost in the middle of town (404 Tucumcari Blvd). I-40 Business is Tucumcari Blvd but the locals frequently refer to it as Route 66.
For more information phone 1-888-664-7255 of visit their web site at
TucumcaruCoC.
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Mesalands Dinosaur Museum
- A project of Mesalands Community College and many concerned folks in Tucumcari, Mesalands Dinosaur Museum has on display the world’s largest collection of bronze skeletons, fossils and replicas of prehistoric creatures. The Mesalands Dinosaur Museum was the first museum in the world to display a Torvosaurus skeleton.
For more information phone 1-505-461-3466 or visit their web page at:
Dinosaur.
From I-40 take the I-40 Business exit (this is signed as Tucumcari Blvd) and drive to the intersection of US-54 (1st Street). If you were eastbound on I-40, turn left; if you were westbound, turn right. Go 2 blocks to Laughlin Avenue and turn right. The Mesalands Dinosaur Museum will be on your right at 222 E Laughlin
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