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Written by To The Point News
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Friday, 03 June 2011 |
This billboard is located five miles east of Clovis,
New Mexico, on that portion of NM
HWY 60-70-84 named Wheeler
Ave, named for explorer George Montague Wheeler (1842-1905),
leader of the Wheeler
Survey that mapped the southwest US for Congress in the 1870s.
The highest mountain in Nevada
and New Mexico, both named Wheeler
Peak, are named for him.
And yes, he is related to Jack Wheeler.
George Wheeler's 5th great-grandfather and Jack Wheeler's 9th
great-grandfather were brothers born in Cranfield, Bedfordshire,
England, and sailed
together in 1635 to America.
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