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Clayton (3)

Clayton, NM, USA
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Trade caravans and homesteaders traveling the Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail passed near Clayton, founded 1887 and named for the son of cattleman and ex-Senator Stephen W. Dorsey. It became a major livestock shipipng center for herds from the Pecos Valley and the Texas Panhandle.



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