CARLSBAD
NEW MEXICO
1903 CANYON STREET CARLSBAD FLUME CARLSBAD NEW MEXICO
Carlsbad the county seat of Eddy County, owes its origin entirely to the introduction and success of the irrigation systems of the Pecos Valley. The original idea of the irrigation system belonged to Patrick Garrett, sheriff of Lincoln County. It was the idea of Garrett's that Charles Bishop Eddy used to devise a broader plan to introduce the irrigation system to the people of the Pecos Valley. Located along the banks of the Pecos River, Carlsbad was originally named the Town of Eddy on September 15, 1888 after Charles Bishop Eddy and organized as a municipal corporation in 1893. With the improvement of the mineral springs with their valuable medicinal qualities north of town, the town changed the name to Carlsbad, after the famous European spa, Karlsbad. On March 25, 1918, the Governor proclaimed Carlsbad as a city.
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