San Fidel
County: Cibola
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Population: 120 (As of 2020)
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Location: Located a mile or so east of I-40 Exit 96
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St. Josephs Church
Former Texaco Station
Zodiac Bar
Zodiac Bar, also known as Zodie's Grill, had a decrepit 1960s neon sign. At one time it was ran by Rose and Reynaldo "Ray" Maestras with their children. Since the mid 2000s it has been Zodiac Bar.
Acoma Curio Shop
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Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, US National Historic Landmark
The Acoma Curio Shop or Trading Post was a classic Route 66 store dealing in local Acoma native handicrafts during the 1920s and 30s.
The adobe store once had a false wood front and was built around 1916 by Abdoo Habib Fidel, a Lebanese immigrant who opened his mercantile store that later switched to selling local native arts and crafts wholesale and retail.
Business grew during the 1930s thanks to Route 66, but with rationing during WW II, sales fell killing off his business. In 1947 Fidel leased the land to Standard Oil Co. which opened a gas station, and shortly after he sold it. Fidel retired to Grants where he died in 1958.
White Arrow Garage
The White Arrow Garage dates back to the 1940s