Carlsbad Pecos Valley Stage Payroll — Eddy County

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Carlsbad Pecos Valley Stage Payroll — Eddy County

Lost Treasure NM • Eddy County County
Description
Carlsbad legend of a stage-line payroll buried in the Pecos Valley — the Eddy County seat south of Roswell where cattle trails met the Guadalupe Mountains commerce corridor.
Historical Notes
Carlsbad developed as the Eddy County seat on the Pecos River south of Roswell, gateway to the Guadalupe Mountains and the Permian Basin oil country. Stage and freight lines connected the town to Fort Stockton, Roswell, and the Texas line. Stage-payroll and cattle-shipping strongbox tales cluster along the lower Pecos between Chaves and Eddy counties. Carlsbad Caverns National Park lies in the Guadalupe range west of town. Coordinates mark downtown Carlsbad in Eddy County south of Roswell.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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