Exxon Station, Santa Rosa, NM
2391 U.S. Rt. 66.
Opened by Canuto "Newt" Sanchez in 1967 as Newt's American Service. Newt and his wife Beverly had purchased the next door Plains Motel in 1966. After American/Amoco left New Mexico in 1974, Newt switched to Exxon in 1975. Closed in the 1980s or 1990s--not sure which. I ran into Newt while I was shooting this and got most of this info (everything except the closing date) from him.
Exxon Station, Santa Rosa, NM
2391 U.S. Rt. 66.
Opened by Canuto "Newt" Sanchez in 1967 as Newt's American Service. Newt and his wife Beverly had purchased the next door Plains Motel in 1966. After American/Amoco left New Mexico in 1974, Newt switched to Exxon in 1975. Closed in the 1980s or 1990s--not sure which. I ran into Newt while I was shooting this and got most of this info (everything except the closing date) from him.