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Tatum — on the way to . . .

Written by PhyllisEileenBanks on December 30, 2002 - 0 Comments
Categories: Lea County, Southeast New Mexico

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Tatum’s "First Street". Photo by Phyllis Eileen Banks

When a town is small with no visible attractions on the main highway, reasons to cause people to stop for a while, it becomes a place on the way to . . . . Tatum is 21 miles to Lovington to [...]

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Lovington — named for love

Written by PhyllisEileenBanks on December 30, 2002 - 0 Comments
Categories: Lea County, Southeast New Mexico

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Lovington’s Chaparral Park. Photo by Charles Kelley

Lovington became the county seat of Lea County when it was created from the eastern portions of Eddy and Chaves Counties in 1917. A man named Robert Florence Love, known by his middle name, was determined to establish a town where his homestead [...]

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Eunice — where oil flows, a city grows

Written by PhyllisEileenBanks on December 30, 2002 - 0 Comments
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Pumpjacks are everywhere throughout Eunice. Photo by Phyllis Eileen Banks

As often happened when areas were settled, the date of founding is the same date a post office was established. Eunice is a case in point.
J. N. Carson from Shafter Lake, Texas circulated a petition in 1908 seeking [...]

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Buckeye, Prairieview, McDonald, Gladiola — mere dots on the map

Written by PhyllisEileenBanks on December 30, 2002 - 0 Comments
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Cattle and plowed fields indicate hardworking people live on these southeastern New Mexico plains. Photo by Phyllis Eileen Banks

Buckeye is located on NM Highway 238 seventeen miles southwest of Lovington. The settlement is named for the Buckeye Sheep Ranch nearby, and does not have a post [...]

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Hobbs — the black gold rush city

Written by PhyllisEileenBanks on December 29, 2002 - 0 Comments
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Hobbs City Hall Photo by Phyllis Eileen Banks

Hobbs came into existence on January 28, 1910, with the opening of a post office named for the pioneering Hobbs family. For nearly two decades, the town remained isolated and inconvenient, a difficult place for settlers to wrest a [...]

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