A fire Saturday night all but destroyed the historic main building at Tucumcari Metropolitan Park, aka 5 Mile Park, along old Route 66 west of Tucumcari, N.M. Richard Talley at the Motel Safari reported in an e-mail: The walls seem to still be standing, but with no roof now, after a few rains, everything left … Continue reading Fire guts bathhouse in historic Tucumcari park
Day: June 13, 2010
An amazing story
Do yourself a favor and read this story from the Kansas City Star about a TWA flight attendant who helped a grief-stricken husband find his missing infant son. The baby was thrown from the vehicle when the man's wife died in a car crash on Route 66 near Grants, N.M., in 1956. The woman who … Continue reading An amazing story