Editing Tucumcari, New Mexico (section)

==Notable people==
*[[Paul Brinegar]], an American character actor, was born in Tucumcari.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2nVQAAAAIBAJ&pg=2128%2C5738668 | title=Small Towns Have Produced Many Big Stars | work=The Milwaukee Sentinel | date=Nov 27, 1969 | access-date=22 May 2015 | author=Wilson, Earl | pages=A33 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*[[Abel Cullum]], former [[List of KOTC champions|King of the Cage Flyweight Champion]]
*[[Stan David]], a Tucumcari High School graduate, was a star safety for the [[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech Red Raiders]] and played 16 NFL games for the [[Buffalo Bills]] in 1984.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/features/si50/states/new_mexico/greatest | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030805051112/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/features/si50/states/new_mexico/greatest/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=August 5, 2003 | work=CNN | title=SI.com - SI 50th - New Mexico - The 50 Greatest New Mexico Sports Figures - Wednesday July 09, 2003 04:11 PM}}</ref>
*[[Tom Ketchum|Tom "Black Jack" Ketchum]] and his associates robbed a post office and store in Liberty, NM, in 1896.
*[[Rex Maddaford]], a Tucumcari Public Schools faculty member, competed for the [[New Zealand]] team in the [[1968 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.qcsunonline.com/engine.pl?station=quay&template=storyfull.html&id=1340 |title=Quay County Sun |access-date=2006-09-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419175344/http://www.qcsunonline.com/engine.pl?station=quay&template=storyfull.html&id=1340 |archive-date=2012-04-19 }}</ref>
*[[Bob Scobey]], a musician, was born in Tucumcari in 1916.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mmguide.musicmatch.com/artist/artist.cgi?ARTISTID=600911|title=Yahoo!|website=www.mmguide.musicmatch.com|access-date=3 April 2018|archive-date=May 7, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070507072808/http://www.mmguide.musicmatch.com/artist/artist.cgi?ARTISTID=600911|url-status=dead}}</ref>