This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Lovington’s Growth From Oil Roots to County Seat Pride
A historical overview recounts Lovington New Mexico’s founding in 1907 08 by Robert F Love group and the shift from homestead to town. It details early posts shops hotels banks and churches 1908 1911 1915 1918 plus school progress court house 1937 and later oil boom driven growth through 1950s highlighting population 840 1940s railroads irrigation wells and rising commerce and construction led by oil and water wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Love
Firs
Robert F. Lo
Th O. N. Blair
J. B. Love
C. Burke
P. S. Eaves
J. S. Eave
Cebe Chestnu
Caudill
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Scotty’s
Territorial Bank
Lester Alston Insurance Agency
Fairgrounds
C. W. Conley
A. J. Scaff
R. R. James
Mamy Hart
Birdy Moffett
Mary Eaves
Elmer Burks
Lovington
Dick Powers
Powers Motel
Mary Love
Ruby Hart
Ivy Leasure
Grace (Love) Beauchamp
Eunice King
Ethyl Caudill
A and Y
Lea County
Ernest Best
O. H. Green
F. G. Sheppard
D. W. Patton
T. P. Bingham
W. G. McAuther
Love Boot Shop
Monahans
Hobbs
Levington
Robert Mane
Love
Lovington National
Chennie
Chamber of Commerce
United States of America