Southeastern New Mexico Historical Society: 2 books
by Donna Blake Birchell, Southeastern New Mexico Historical Society
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Born from opportunity and a promotional scheme hatched by founding father Charles B. Eddy, Carlsbad started life as a tent city on a desolate landscape. As the investment money started to flow, the Pecos River was harnessed through the creation of irrigation, which turned the region into a rich, fertile...
by Donna Blake Birchell, The Southeastern New Mexico Historical Society
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2011
Eddy County�s 4,198 square miles were carved from the massive land holdings of Lincoln County, then the largest county in the United States, on February 25, 1889. Early Spanish explorers and Native Americans had used the seemingly endless water supply of the Pecos River, which bisects the county, as...