The Real Gallup

Gateway to Native American Experience Gateway to Native American Experience Gallup lies in the heart of Native American ancestral homelands. With the Navajo National at their doorstep, Zuni Pueblo to the South, and the Hopi Reservation nearby in Arizona, Gallup is truly the gateway to the Native American experience.
Historic Route 66 Historic Route 66 Route 66 crosses 8 states and covers over 2,400 miles, starting in Chicago ending in Los Angeles and crosses through New Mexico.
America’s Most Patriotic City America’s Most Patriotic City Gallup has been named America’s most Patriotic Small Town by map and atlas publisher Rand McNally.
Gallup History Gallup History Gallup is located in northwest New Mexico, USA near the Four Corners region. Founded in 1881 as a headquarters for the southern transcontinental rail route, the town draws its name from David L. Gallup, a paymaster for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad.
Trains Trains Freight trains are integral to the Gallup culture. In 1880, the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad built headquarters for paymaster David L. Gallup in rural New Mexico. Workers used the phrase “going to Gallup” when discussing picking up paychecks and in 1881 when the town was established, the name Gallup was chosen.
Murals Murals Beginning in the 1930s with the famous WPA murals, Gallup began a lasting tradition of offering publicly accessible, outdoor works of art.