Editing Clovis, New Mexico (section)

==History==
Clovis began in 1906, when the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] was being constructed through the area and railway engineers were instructed to "locate and buy the first level [[Section (United States land surveying)|section of land]] west of [[Texico, New Mexico|Texico]]" on which to build a town site and railroad facilities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://curry.nmgenweb.us/Clovis.htm|title=Clovis, New Mexico|website=curry.nmgenweb.us|access-date=November 20, 2017}}</ref>

At first known as "Riley's Switch", the site was renamed Clovis. A likely-[[apocryphal]] story states that a daughter of a rail official (accounts vary whether her father was [[AT&SF]] president [[Edward Payson Ripley]], chief engineer James Dunn, or an unnamed [[station master]]) was studying about [[Clovis I|Clovis]], the first Christian king of the [[Franks]], and proposed the name.<ref name="clovisnm.org">{{cite web|title=Clovis History| publisher=Clovis / Curry County Chamber of Commerce|url=http://www.clovisnm.org/aboutus/history.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201095848/http://www.clovisnm.org/aboutus/history.htm|archive-date=February 1, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{citation|newspaper=Locomotive Engineers Journal|volume=66|date=1932|publisher=Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers|page=382|title=New Mexico Union Meeting|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-aqZAAAAIAAJ&q=%22At+the+time+the+townsite+was+laid+out+by+the+townsite+company,+a+daughter+of+a+Santa+Fe+official+happened+to+be+reading+early+french+history.+There+she+discovered+the+lovable+character+of+the+first+Christian+king+of+France,+old+King+Clovis,+and+when+it+became+the+honor+of+this+young+lady+to+name+the+new+town+in+eastern+New+Mexico,+she+gave+it+the+name+of+Clovis.%22|quote=At the time the townsite was laid out by the townsite company, a daughter of a Santa Fe official happened to be reading early French history. There she discovered the lovable character of the first Christian king of France, old King Clovis, and when it became the honor of this young lady to name the new town in eastern New Mexico, she gave it the name of Clovis.}}</ref>

The land was bought on October 2, 1906, and the railroad began offering town lots for sale on May 1, 1907. The settlement built up quickly and in 1909 was incorporated.<ref name="clovisnm.org"/>

On August 24, 2008, [[Clovis, New Mexico jail break|eight prisoners escaped]] from the Clovis Jail by shimmying up plumbing pipes. The escape was highlighted on the television show ''[[America's Most Wanted]]''.<ref>Johnson, Sharna. [https://archive.today/20120730165331/http://www.cnjonline.com/news/week_29934___article.html/inmate_air.html "'America's Most Wanted' to air inmate escape Saturday."] ''Clovis News Journal'', September 3, 2008. Retrieved on September 21, 2008.</ref>

Clovis celebrated its centennial in 2009.

The Clovis Carver Public Library was the site of [[Clovis library shooting|a mass shooting]] in August 2017 in which two people were killed and four wounded.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/injured-shooting-library-clovis-mexico/story?id=49476872|title=2 dead, 4 injured in shooting at library in Clovis, New Mexico|date=August 28, 2017|website=ABC News}}</ref>

In 2023, the FW1 [[Ute Dam|Ute Reservoir]] pipeline project started construction to provide potable water by 2030 for [[Cannon Air Force Base]] and the communities of Clovis, [[Portales, New Mexico|Portales]], [[Elida, New Mexico|Elida]], and [[Texico, New Mexico|Texico]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Eastern New Mexico celebrates groundbreaking of FW1 Ute Reservoir pipeline project |url=https://abc7amarillo.com/news/local/eastern-new-mexico-celebrates-groundbreaking-of-1-billion-ute-reservoir-pipeline-project-curry-county-quay-county-mike-morris-clovis-cannon-air-force-base-eastern-new-mexico-water-utility-authority-martin-heinrich-ron-jackson-portales-elida-texico |publisher=[[KVII-TV|KVII]] TV 7 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240130060148/https://abc7amarillo.com/news/local/eastern-new-mexico-celebrates-groundbreaking-of-1-billion-ute-reservoir-pipeline-project-curry-county-quay-county-mike-morris-clovis-cannon-air-force-base-eastern-new-mexico-water-utility-authority-martin-heinrich-ron-jackson-portales-elida-texico |archive-date=January 30, 2024 |date=August 22, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>