[Transcribed from the 60th Anniversary Collector’s Edition of the Lea County Fair and Rodeo program for the event held August 5-12, 1995] The History of the Lea County Fair and Rodeo In 1935, the editor of the Lovington Daily Leader, Luke Roberts, led an effort to boost farming in this area and a meeting of … Continue reading Lea County Fair and Rodeo
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J. L. Burke, Jr.
The subject of this week’s biographical sketch is a man of letters who has an interesting page of life behind him and in all probability a more interesting one yet to be written. We’re sure you recognize Mr. J. L. Burke, Jr. Mr. Burke was born November 28, 1902 in Hobart, Oklahoma Territory, a native … Continue reading J. L. Burke, Jr.
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