A
JOINT MEMORIAL
REQUESTING THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION
DIVISION OF THE OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS TO RECOGNIZE UNITED STATES HIGHWAY
60 AS A HISTORIC HIGHWAY AND NOMINATE THE HIGHWAY TO THE STATE REGISTER OF
CULTURAL PROPERTIES AND TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.
WHEREAS, United States highway
60 was one of the original highways commissioned in 1926; and
WHEREAS, United States highway
60 is a major transcontinental highway that runs from Virginia Beach, Virginia
to Los Angeles, California; and
WHEREAS, United States highway
60 was widely known as the "ocean-to-ocean highway"; and
WHEREAS, United States highway
60 passes through several historic New Mexico towns, including Clovis, Melrose,
Fort Sumner, Yeso, Vaughn, Encino, Willard, Mountainair, Abo, Bernardo, Socorro,
Magdalena, Datil, Pie Town, Omega, Quemado and Red Hill; and
WHEREAS, recognition of United
States highway 60 as a place of historical significance will promote tourism in
the towns along its route, encourage preservation of the highway and the
communities along the highway and encourage New Mexicans and tourists to learn
about the rich history associated with United States highway 60; and
WHEREAS, the designation of
United States highway 60 as a historical highway and registration of the
highway on the state registry of cultural properties and the national register
of historic places will encourage other states to preserve the transcontinental
highway and its history;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED
BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the office of cultural
affairs be requested to recognize United States highway 60 as a place of
historical importance and that the historic preservation division of the office
of cultural affairs nominate United States highway 60 to the state register of
cultural properties and to the national register of historic places; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that
copies of this memorial be transmitted to the director of the historic
preservation division of the office of cultural affairs and the cultural
affairs officer.