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Clovis is the county seat of Curry County, New Mexico, United States,〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 with a population of 37,775 as of the 2010 census, and a 2014 estimated population of 39,860.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Clovis city, New Mexico )〕 After the discovery of several Clovis sites in eastern North America in the 1930s, the Clovis people came to be regarded as the first human inhabitants who created a widespread culture in the New World. Clovis people are considered to be the ancestors of most of the indigenous cultures of the Americas. The BNSF Railway system helped to establish Clovis over a century ago, and continues to be a major hub of operations. Also notable is the Southwest Cheese Company, the largest cheddar cheese producer in North America. Clovis is located in the New Mexico portion of the Llano Estacado, in the eastern part of the state. A largely agricultural community, closely bordering Texas, it is noted for its role in early rock music history and for nearby Cannon Air Force Base. It is the principal city of the Clovis Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the larger Clovis-Portales Combined Statistical Area. ==History== The eastern New Mexico region was home to the prehistoric Clovis culture, an anthropologically significant early group of Native Americans. Several remains have been found at the Blackwater Draw site (south of Clovis, near Portales) which remains a historical and tourist site. Clovis began in 1906, when the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway was being constructed through the area and railway engineers were ordered to choose a town site.〔http://curry.nmgenweb.us/Clovis.htm〕 At first known as "Riley's Switch", it was renamed Clovis by the station master's daughter, who was studying about Clovis, the first Catholic king of the Franks, at the time.〔(Clovisnm.org )〕 The settlement built up quickly and in 1909 was incorporated.〔 On January 23, 1942, after about a month of living under house arrest, Clovis' entire Japanese American population was "evacuated" by the Immigration and Naturalization Service to a small concentration camp outside Lincoln, New Mexico, one of the earliest actions in response to the attack on Pearl Harbor and the country's entry into World War II. (President Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066, issued a month later on February 19, would officially authorize the large-scale eviction of Japanese Americans from the West Coast.) Mostly railroad workers and their families, the 32 men, women and children did not return to Clovis after the war.〔("Old Raton (detention facility)" ) ''Densho Encyclopedia''. Retrieved June 23, 2014.〕〔Russell, Andrew B. ("The Nikkei in New Mexico" ) (April 30, 2008) ''Discover Nikkei''. Retrieved June 23, 2014.〕 On August 24, 2008, eight prisoners escaped from the Clovis Jail by shimmying up plumbing pipes. The escape was highlighted on the television show ''America's Most Wanted''.〔Johnson, Sharna. ("'America's Most Wanted' to air inmate escape Saturday." ) ''Clovis News Journal'', September 3, 2008. Retrieved on Sep. 21, 2008.〕 Clovis celebrated its centennial in 2009. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clovis, New Mexico」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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