Once a desolate and open range, Clovis, New Mexico, was officially incorporated as a division point for BNSF predecessor Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe (ATSF or Santa Fe) in 1906. Eight miles west of the Texas border in the High Plains eastern portion of the “Land of Enchantment,” railroad officials decided Clovis would be the best point to bypass the trek through New Mexico’s mountains. This geographically influenced decision changed the track of Clovis’ future and the future of the transcontinental railroad.
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