A history of Lordsburg,
since 1880
Postcards, papers and photographs of Lordsburg from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Lordsburg was founded in 1880 on the route of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The Continental Divide Trail starts at the Crazy Cook Monument and travels through Lordsburg.
Local lore is that Billy the Kid washed dishes in Lordsburg hotel kitchens such as the Stratford Hotel, and La Fonda, the historic "inn at the end of the Santa Fe Trail" during his teenage years.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Lordsburg’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
3 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewArizona & New Mexico Railway Adve…, 1907: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Lordsburg
See all 1 →Lordsburg, decade by decade
1990s
4 historic places in Lordsburg
4 places in Lordsburg are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Arizona & New Mexico Railway Advertisement 1907 (1907) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2), the Library of Congress (3) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.