** W.A. Huggins also built several other motels in Tucumcari besides the Blue Swallow. One was the Travelers Paradise Motor Lodge on the city's west side which has now fallen into disrepair.
** Longtime Blue Swallow owner Lillian Redman took part in a few poker games with truckers stranded at her place during a big snowstorm.
** Two lane Route 66 between San Jon and Tucumcari was known as "Slaughter Lane" and "Suicide Road" because of traffic fatalities.
** Tucumcari's reputation as a speed trap was well-known, but the launched "Operation Coffee" where police would give speeding out-of-town motorists a coupon good for a free cup of coffee at a local restaurant or gas station. (Sadly, the review didn't mention if the coupon was instead of a ticket.)
--RoadDog
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