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 — 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

︽

 

 
  
  
  
 

    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.

* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.