Book Review of 'Tucumcari Tonight!" by David H. Stratton.
This is a part history, part memoir. The author grew up in Tucumcari and has lots of inside stories of its heyday.
** The Blue Swallow Motel was built in 1939. It was originally called the Blue Swallow Court, but the name later changed to motel.
** It was built by W.A. Huggins and his wife, Mary Maud, named it.
** George J. Lins was a key figure in the development of tourism in Tucumcari. He built the Lins Motor Lodge and Lins Cafe.
** His daughter, Bettie Ditto, enlarged the Lins complex into the Congress Inn and later the still-operating Pow Wow Inn.
--RoadDog
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