Entries Containing All of the Phrases «lea county» AND «new mexico»

By Bill Kirchner, October 25, 2012

Oil and Gas Marker (rear side)

RANKED BY RELEVANCE

1 ► New Mexico, Lea County, Hobbs — Oil and Gas

On U.S. 62 1.2 miles west of State Line Road, on the right when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.

A completion of the Discovery Well of the Hobbs Pool six miles south, April 12, 1929 focuses attention upon the potential of New Mexico as a major source of oil and natural gas. Steady development under the state conservation program, gradually . . . — — Map (db m300589) HM

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2 ► New Mexico, Lea County, Lovington — 383 — Lovington — Population 9,727 • Elevation 3,900 —

On Hobbs Highway (State Highway 18) 0.2 miles south of East Gilmore Street (County Road 96), on the right when traveling north.

Lovington is named after Robert Florence Love, who founded the town on his homestead in 1908. It was a farming and ranching community until the discovery of the Denton pool after World War II turned it into an oil town. It is the county seat of Lea . . . — — Map (db m235234) HM

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