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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'.
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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 Avenue. |
