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Eddy County
Eddy County sits in southeastern New Mexico and was named for Charles B. Eddy, a rancher in southeastern New Mexico during the last decades of the 19th century. Charles B. Eddy was also the promoter of the Carlsbad Irrigation Project, which turned formerly arid land into fertile farms. Carlsbad is the county seat and the home of the famous Carlsbad Caverns. Eddy is also the site of large oil deposits (the first oil strike was in Dayton in 1909) and some of the world’s largest potash deposits. In 1917, the eastern part of Eddy County became Lea County.
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