Tucumcari woman trying to keep Rawhide memories rollin’

(Quay County Sun) Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ — a Tucumcari woman is trying to keep those memories rollin’ about the time five episodes of the television show “Rawhide” were filmed at ranches near Tucumcari in 1959.
Karen Alarcon, who works for radio stations KTNM and KQAY in Tucumcari, said she was talking about the classic TV Western on the air one day and realized, “We need to take advantage of that for our town,” she said.
So Alarcon and co-worker Russell Braziel started working on a “Rawhide event.” It’s scheduled April 15-16 at the Tucumcari Historical Museum. Continued