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Endee is an unincorporated community on the route of historic Route 66 in Quay County, New Mexico, United States. [1] [2] The town was founded circa 1885 and named after the brand of the ND Ranch. [3] A post office operated in Endee from 1886 to 1955. [3] In 1952, Route 66 was rerouted so it bypassed Endee. [2] Endee was a supply center for ...
State Road 118 (NM 118) is a 36.852-mile-long (59.308 km) state highway in the US state of New Mexico. NM 118's western terminus is at the Arizona–New Mexico border where it continues westward as Grant Road, and the eastern terminus is at Interstate 40 (I-40) northeast of Fort Wingate. NM 118 follows the routing of the former Historic U.S ...
The distinctive red-on-yellow Whiting Brothers signage and billboards date to 1926, the year U.S. Route 66 was designated across the southwestern United States.The father of the four Whiting brothers was a lumberyard owner, [6] leaving the family well placed to construct small, simple stations at little cost with one or two pumps and a six-foot-tall roadside billboard at various points on the ...
Quay County (/ ˈ k w eɪ /) is a county in the state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 8,746. [2] Its county seat is Tucumcari. [3] The county was named for Pennsylvania senator Matthew Quay, who supported statehood for New Mexico. [4] Its eastern border is the Texas state line, approximately 103.04 degrees west ...
The longest current U.S. Route in New Mexico is U.S. Route 70, spanning 448.264 miles (721.411 km) across southern New Mexico, while the shortest is U.S. Route 160, which clips the extreme northwestern corner of the state, measuring 0.86 miles (1.38 km) long between the Arizona and Colorado borders. [2]
Then one day, he said, he was driving around and noticed Newell’s — a big travel plaza at 200 Manchester Ave. that has been operating in Newton since 1981.
82: Arizona to Virden (US 70); now 92 (82 before US 82 entered New Mexico) 83: Alamogordo to Texas; now US 82, 18, US 62 - originally Hobbs-Texas 84: not used (due to US 84), but previously used on what became 199