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Podcast: Small Town News
Episode: Clovis, NM - We Wish You a Murray Frankmas
Description: Welcome to Clovis, NM! Clovis began in 1906 when the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway was being constructed in the area and the engineers were told to choose a town site. Originally it was known as Riley's Switch, but was formally named Clovis in 1907. It is thought by some that it was named after "Clovis Culture", the oldest known culture in the United States. The first "Clovis Culture" artifacts were discovered at what became the Blackwater Draw archaeological site in 1929, and the culture was subsequently named after the city it was closest to, not the other way around. The city...