Clovis.
1 City (2020 pop. 120,124, Fresno co., S central Calif., near
the foothills of the Sierra Nevada range; inc. 1912. It is a growing trade
center in a farm and vineyard area; the population more than tripled from
1970 to 1990. 2 City (2020 pop. 38,567), seat of Curry co., E
N.Mex., near the Texas line; inc. 1909. It is a railroad division point, the
trade center of a cattle and irrigated farm area (with large stockyards),
and the home of Cannon Air Force Base, a tactical air command facility. A
state park is nearby. A huge county fair and a rodeo are annual event.
Blackwater Draw, a dry stream bed near the city, was where artifacts of the
Paleo-Indian Clovis culture
were first discovered.
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