Gallup

Gallup
/gal"euhp/, n.
1. George Horace, 1901-84, U.S. statistician.
2. a city in W New Mexico. 18,161.

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      city, seat (1901) of McKinley county, northwestern New Mexico, U.S., on the Puerco River, near the Arizona state line. Settled in 1880 as a Westward Overland Stagecoach stop, it became a construction headquarters for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad and was named for David L. Gallup, railroad paymaster; when railroad workers went to collect their pay, they said they weregoing to Gallup,” and so the name remained. Gallup flourished with the discovery of coal and in 1895 became a railroad divisional terminal. Situated between the Navajo (north) and Zuni (south) Indian reservations (with many pre-Columbian ruins), it is the area headquarters of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Gallup is a service centre for farms and ranches on the neighbouring Navajo Indian reservation. A shipping point for cattle, wool, hides, and forest products, it has light industries with emphasis on Indian arts and crafts. Tourism is important, and the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial is held annually in August. A branch of the University of New Mexico (New Mexico, University of) is in the city. Inc. 1891. Pop. (1990) 19,154; (2000) 20,209.

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