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==History== Gallup was founded in 1881 as a railhead for the [[Atlantic and Pacific Railroad]]. The city was named after David Gallup, a paymaster for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History of Greater Gallup New Mexico|url=https://www.gallupedc.com/live-here|access-date=2020-11-15|website=Greater Gallup Economic Development Corporation|language=en}}</ref> There is widespread belief that during [[World War II]], the city fought successfully to prevent 800 [[Japanese American]] residents from being placed in wartime internment, the only New Mexico city to do so.<ref name="Japanese2">{{cite web |title = curriculum, "Enduring Communities, "page 60, day 9, "the Gallup Experience" |publisher = Japanese American National Museum, 369 East First Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 |access-date = 2016-09-25 |url = http://media.janm.org/projects/ec/pdf/EC-NM-Basye-and-Sanchez-All.pdf }}</ref><ref name="Japanese1">{{cite web |title = Gallup bucked the system |date = 9 May 2014 |publisher = Route 66 News |access-date = 2016-09-25 |url = http://www.route66news.com/2014/05/09/gallup-bucked-system/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512065339/https://www.route66news.com/2014/05/09/gallup-bucked-system/ |archive-date=12 May 2014 }}</ref> But this is not true. [[Executive Order 9066]] was never used to intern people living in Gallup, and the city complied with all federal orders and policies during the war.<ref name="Japanese3">{{cite journal | last1 = Mingus | first1 = Matthew D. | date = 2021 | title = The Myth of Resistance: Gallup, New Mexico, and Japanese American Internment | url = https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/nmhr/vol96/iss4/2 | journal = New Mexico Historical Review | volume = 96 | issue = 4 | pages = 405β419 | doi = | access-date = }}</ref> On August 4, 2022, an SUV, driven by an intoxicated individual, drove through a parade crowd during the city's 100th annual Intertribal Celebration, leaving 15 injured, including two police officers and several children.<ref>{{cite web |last=Denetclaw |first=Paulie |date=5 August 2022 |title=Update: SUV drives into Gallup Intertribal Ceremonial parade, causing injuries |url=https://www.nhonews.com/news/2022/aug/05/suv-drives-native-american-parade-causing-injuries/ |access-date=25 January 2024 |publisher=Navajo-Hopi Observer}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SUV plows through parade route in New Mexico injuring 15 people including two police officers|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/08/05/suv-crash-injuries-native-american-parade-new-mexico/10246459002/|publisher=USA Today|access-date=6 August 2022}}</ref>
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