Clovis, New Mexico: Clovis Man: America's Oldest Inhabitant
Sculpted caveman yanks his spear out of a mammoth he killed over 11,000 years ago. Hello Americans, bye-bye mammoths.
- Address:
- 417 Schepps Blvd, Clovis, NM
- Directions:
- East edge of town, on the campus of Clovis Community College. From US Hwy 60/Mabry Drive turn north at the McDonald's onto Schepps Blvd. Drive a half-mile. Turn right into the college parking lot. You'll see the statue in front of the large college building.
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Unassuming statue on the Clovis Community College campus is near where the earliest documented Americans lived and hunted mammoths -- more than 11,000 years ago.
[Kim Wheeler, 01/07/2019]Nearby Offbeat Places
Norman and Vi Petty Rock 'n' Roll Museum, Clovis, NM - 2 mi.
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Personal Collection of Windmills, Portales, NM - 17 mi.In the region:
Dinosaur Skeletons in Bronze, Tucumcari, NM - 62 mi.
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Clovis Man pulls his spear out of the head of the mammoth he's just killed. Sculpted by Reynaldo Rivera in 1995.