From October temperatures cool off rapidly, and by November most mornings are below 32 ☏ or 0 ☌, but afternoons remains comfortable to warm all though the winter, with only 10.1 afternoons failing to reach 50 ☏ or 10 ☌ and only one afternoon every two years not topping freezing. Humidity in early summer is very low, but increases in late summer due to the monsoon, which, between July and early October brings the majority of the year’s limited precipitation. 100 ☏ or 37.8 ☌ is exceeded on average during 22.8 afternoons each year, and the record high of 114 ☏ (45.6 ☌) was set during a notorious southwestern heatwave on June 27 of 1994. Typical for the more southerly and lower elevations of the Intermountain West, summers are extremely hot during the daytime, with maxima above 90 ☏ or 32.2 ☌ for over four months an on an average of 111.4 afternoons during a full year. Lordsburg has a cool semi-arid climate ( Köppen BSk), just avoiding designation as a cool desert climate ( BWk). GeographyĪccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.4 square miles (22 km 2), all land. There are currently 12 motels and hotels located in Lordsburg. As Lordsburg had one of the few motels in the Southwest that would accept black guests ( El Paso being a notable exception), it was especially popular with African American travelers in the mid-20th century during the end of legal segregation. At just over 600 miles from Los Angeles, Lordsburg can comfortably be reached by car in less than one day. Rest stopįor many years, Lordsburg has been a popular rest stop for people traveling to and from the West Coast by car on Interstate 10 and its precursor highway, U.S. The camp at Lordsburg also held captured German and Italian soldiers. It is owned by the City of Lordsburg and is southeast, about one mile outside the city limits. In the early 1950s the airport was served by the original Frontier Airlines (1950-1986) which flew DC-3's on a route from El Paso to Phoenix that included stops at Las Cruces, Deming, and Lordsburg, NM as well as Clifton, Safford, and Tucson, AZ. In 1927, Lordsburg was one of the stops on Charles Lindbergh's transcontinental "Spirit of Saint Louis" air tour. In December 1938, the Lordsburg Municipal Airport (KLSB) began operation. Hannett and the people of New Mexico an arrangement of the state song embracing a musical story of the Indian, the cavalry, the Spanish and the Mexican. In 1928, John Philip Sousa presented Governor Arthur T. In 1917, Governor Washington Ellsworth Lindsey signed the legislation making it the official state song. It was written by Lordsburg resident Elizabeth Garrett, the blind daughter of famed sheriff Pat Garrett. Lordsburg is the birthplace of the official New Mexico State song, O Fair New Mexico. I particularly did not like that the Holiday Inn Express charged $100 (with discounts) to $130 a night, in such a depressed location.Lordsburg was founded in 1880 on the route of the Southern Pacific Railroad. It was quite a disappointment and a rather depressing. It is mostly rundown and appears somewhat on the way to becoming a ghost town, itself. The Ugly - Lordsburg is not a particularly interesting town if you want to see the old west. Stein's Ghost Town is closed for 2008 and there is no indication if and when it will ever be open. Shakespeare is only open for several hours each month and requires a prior booked tour. Both of these "towns" are on private land and both are closed to the public. Yes, there were very small ghost towns nearby, called "Shakespeare" and "Stein's Ghost Town." The Bad - The "ghosts" do welcome visitors like you and us. The food is good and the prices a very reasonable. There is a decent restaurant in Lordsburg, just one, its a nice family restaurant. Lordsburg's past is somewhat interesting, particularly its military past from WW II when there was a military camp and a prisoner of war camp there. They were very revealing and conveyed a real feeling of Lordsburg's past. The museum has a great many pictures, documents and relics. The Good - Lordsburg had a a very interesting museum in a warehouse. "Surrounded by ghost towns" it said on a website and the town lists them as attractions. Lordsburg, New Mexico Date of Visit: March 24-25, 2008 EasyRover, Colorado Springs, Colorado We chose to stop in Lordsburg, on a vacation trip, because of the ghost towns indicated on our map and cited elsewhere for this rural city.
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