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Lumberton’s history is
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The story

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The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad constructed its San Juan Extension through the area in 1882. About 1894 a lumberman, E.M. Biggs, bought 40 acres from a ranch owned by Francisco Lobato, and laid out the townsite, naming it for the sawmills which he built there. A post office was established in 1894, which closed on January 28, 1995. Biggs also built extensive logging railroads north and south, the last of which were removed by 1928 when the marketable timber had been exhausted. The D&RG also closed and was removed in 1969.

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Hugh HarmanHugh HarmanPagosa Springs · 23 miBrian BairdBrian BairdChama · 20 miDuane WardDuane WardLos Ojos · 25 miMSMorgan SparksPagosa Springs · 23 miJLJanet LandgardPagosa Springs · 23 miMPMariangela PinoChama · 20 mi
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Lumberton, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Lumberton is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Lumberton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Jicarilla Apache Historic District in Dulce, 3.6 miles away.

Lumberton and the nearest listed places

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Jicarilla Apache Historic DistrictFoster HotelEl Barranco Community DitchSanchez, Samuel, BarnsSamuel Sanchez HousePlaza Blanca Historic District

Closest to Lumberton

Jicarilla Apache Historic DistrictDulce · District3.6miFoster HotelChama · Building19.8miEl Barranco Community DitchBrazos · Built 190723.2miSanchez, Samuel, BarnsBrazos · Building23.8miSamuel Sanchez HouseBrazos · Built 188523.8mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Jicarilla Apache Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Lumberton?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Lumberton’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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