![]() ![]() The Eunice history book is also for sale contact the Eunice Public Library at 57 for more details. More information can be found at the Eunice Public Library in the Eunice history archives. Things are growing and the future in Eunice is going to be something to behold. 2 Drinking Establishments (1 requiring membership). ![]() Today Eunice boasts an estimated population of 2,606 (in July of 2005) and growing currently with What did abraham lincoln say in his inaugural address answers Answers He would not interfere with slavery in the states where it already existed. Answer 2 They paid the allies to attack the Apaches. In 1937 Eunice's main street was a bustling mainstream of 27 cafes, 2 grocery stores, 6 bars, several pool halls, several rooming houses, a drugstore, a hotel, dry goods store, and a Baptist and Methodist Church. To protect settlers in New Mexico the Spanish paid Comanche and Navajo allies to attack the Apaches. The first producing well was in 1928, and marked the Oilfield Boom which brought fluctuating flow of itinerant oilfield workers boosting the number of citizens in Eunice up to approximately 5,500 in the mid 1930s. ![]() The first oilfield well was drilled in Lea County in 1926, though it was never a producing well. Not having paved roads did not stop settlers or the oilfield from making their way to Eunice. The schoolhouse also served as a community center with Sunday school and church services being held there. The settlement was growing and they decided to build a one room school which had an enrollment of 23 children in the first year. In the spring of 1909 he built a store and a postal office with other families beginning to follow. Carson came to the southeastern corner of New Mexico to set up a homestead, which later was to become the town of Eunice, named for his eldest daughter. ![]()
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