The state of New Mexico is celebrating its 100th birthday in 2012.  Centennial celebrations will be occuring all throughout the state all year long.  For information on activities accross New Mexico please visit the Official New Mexico Centennial website.

Lea County has many special events planned for the once-in-a-lifetime celebration:

April 21 - New Mexico-Texas Challenge

  - Lea County Museum, Lovington.  Click the title for more information.

April 27 - Viva New Mexico

 - Centennial Celebration Southwest Symphony Tydings Auditorium, Hobbs

 May 9-12 - Cattle Drive of the Century:  Lea to Eddy County

 - Starting in Hobbs and ending in Carlsbad.  Click the title for more information.

May 26-June 8 - Centennial Pony Express Ride

 - Starting in Hobbs and ending in Sante Fe.  Click the title for more information.

June 22 - Lovington Street Dance

 - Lea County Museum, Lovington

July - Boots & Spurs Exhibit

 - Center for the Arts, Hobbs

September - Oil's Well That Ends Well "An Old Fashioned Melodrama"

 - Community Players of Hobbs, Hobbs

For more information on any of these events please visit their websites or call 575-492-2678.