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| | City Of Gallup - Brief History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | In 1880, a paymaster for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, David L. Gallup, established headquarters along the construction right-of-way of the southern transcontinental route. |
 | | The railroad workers began "going to Gallup" to get their pay; thus a town was born and named in 1881. |
 | | But, these Gallup pioneers were all newcomers themselves, because when the Spanish Conquistadors arrived in the region in 1540, they found the Navajos, who were new migrants, and the Acoma, Hopi, and Zuni Pueblo Indians, whose occupation extends back to antiquity. |
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