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Paperback Hobbs and Lea County Book

ISBN: 0738558567

ISBN13: 9780738558561

Hobbs and Lea County

(Part of the Images of America: New Mexico Series)

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When Lea County was created in 1917 from Eddy and Chaves Counties in the far southeastern corner of New Mexico, it was virtually a blank canvas for new settlers, with few roads, towns, or amenities. At that time, the area was little more than vast pasture lands for cattle, though a handful of hardy folk had already established homesteads in the region. But on June 13, 1928, that all changed when oil was discovered, and almost overnight, an influx...

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