CHICO

NAME: CHICO COUNTY: COLFAX ROADS: 2WD GRID: 3 CLIMATE: Might run into a snow squall at worst. BEST TIME TO VISIT: Any time

COMMENTS: CHICO. Post office 1895/1956.CHICO CREEK. Colfax County. Rises near Chico; flows into Canadian River.CHICO ARROYO CREEK. Sandoval/Mckinley Counties. Rises in McKinley and flows into Sandoval county to enter the Rio Puerco, 5 mi NW of Guadalupe. CHICO HILLS. Colfax County. Roughly, in the area between Chico and Abbott.CHICO SPRINGS. Colfax County. Post Office 1877/1895; changed ot Chico. REMAINS: Inquire locally

CHICO. 12 mi N of Abbott and 22 mi E of Maxwell. Chico, name, means 'small' in Spanish, but it also used to ba an abbreviation or nickname for 'franisco'. In NM, the word chico is identified with green corn, soaked in water, and heated in an oven overnight. In the morning, the husks were pulled back and tied in knots, and the corn hung anong vigas for future use in posole and other dishes. Submitted by: Samuel W McWhorter

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