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

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By Bill Kirchner, October 25, 2012
Oil and Gas Marker (rear side)
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1 ► New Mexico, Lea County, Hobbs — Oil and Gas — 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

2 ► New Mexico, Lea County, Lovington — 383 — Lovington — Population 9,727 • Elevation 3,900 —
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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* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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Nov. 12, 2026