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Lea County Information

Formed in 1917 from parts of Chaves and Eddy Counties

The County Seat is
Lovington


Cities and Towns
Eunice
Hobbs
Jal
Lovington
Monument
Tatum

Old Schools & Towns

 

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Monument, New Mexico, 1958, (A popular dance hall ,"Geronimo Hut" in background,) Courtesy of New Mexico State University, Special Collections,  Jack D. Rittenhouse Collection

Homesteaders 1909-1937

The Day they Killed the Cows

Housewife's plea: "Let's build on a room"

 Monument School Record Transcripts 1936-1951

Everglade Cemetery & Seventy eight headstones

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