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Clovis History

March 15, 1939

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A 700-pound steel safe taken in the burglary of Clovis Food Market, 416 Pile, was found abandoned about eight miles north of town. The safe had been pried open and officials said “several hundred dollars” had been removed. … Clovis stayed “wet,” voting...

March 16, 1970

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Former New Mexico Gov. and Clovis resident A.W. Hockenhull wrote a letter to the editor from his home in Dallas, declaring Clovis “will always be my Magic City.” Hockenhull also wrote that he’d enclosed his check for a year’s subscription to the Clovis...

March 17, 1948

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Anthony’s was selling bedspreads for $5 and lace tablecloths for $2. … Five men were fined $25 each for drinking in public. Another man was fined $25 for wife beating, the Clovis News-Journal reported. … Woody Electric Co. at 117 W. Grand was offering...

Railway's 'brashness' put Clovis on the map for good

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Santa Fe Railway mechanical department workers numbering about 120 mass together on a steam locomotive in the Clovis railroad yards on April 8, 1926. Photo courtesy of the High Plains Historical Foundation....

Long-standing house has wild history

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The first homes in early-1900s Clovis were tents and one- or two-room shacks. But one of the homes built in 1908, at Ninth and Gidding streets (almost out of town at the time) was the J. S. Fitzhugh home that ranked among the best homes in eastern New...

Clovis History Tied to Land

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David Calvin Myers and his family stand outside of their home at 123 Prince St. in Clovis in 1916. Photo Courtesy of High Plains Historical Foundation....

Golden years saw Clovis population double

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A decade that has been called Clovis' "Golden Era" saw the population double in a 10-year period, and has not been matched since....

Nature, military aggression tests Curry County residents

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"From 1931 to 1934 was the driest years I ever saw in New Mexico, and there were a lot of sandstorms," said Lee Merrill, who owns a 10,000-acre ranch in Running Water Draw. "Back then, you could buy all the groceries you could carry for $1.50. During...

Deep-well irrigation changes farming

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Following the end of World War II, the first irrigation wells dug are credited to either N.L. Tharp or L.R. Talley....

Buddy Holly, Norman Petty at the heart of the 'Clovis Sound'

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In 1949, Hank Williams was all over the radio, as were a dozen cowboy, western and hillbilly singers....

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