[Eddy County Court House]

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Postcard of the southwest corner of the Eddy County Courthouse in Carlsbad, New Mexico. The court house is partially obscured by multiple trees and there is a street with cars parked in front.

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1 postcard : col. ; 9 x 14 cm.

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Schaaf, F. J. 1970.

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Postcard of the southwest corner of the Eddy County Courthouse in Carlsbad, New Mexico. The court house is partially obscured by multiple trees and there is a street with cars parked in front.

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1 postcard : col. ; 9 x 14 cm.

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Text on the back reads, "Eddy County Court House Carlsbad, New Mexico Texas settlers and cowmen, moving west in search of land and grass, settled Eddy County, of which Carlsbad is the county seat. The descendants of many of these early settlers are still living on the cattle spreads their forefathers staked out in the 1870's and 1880's."

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Schaaf, F. J. [Eddy County Court House], postcard, 1970; Alamagordo, New Mexico. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1129153/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame.

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