About the area |
Founded in 1880, Lordsburg has a population of about 2700. The airport was the first in New Mexico. During WWII Lordsburg was the site of an internment camp for Japanese-Americans. It also held some German and Italian prisoners. Lordsburg is the birthplace of the official New Mexico State song, 'O Fair New Mexico'. It was written by Lordsburg resident Elizabeth Garrett, the blind daughter of famed sheriff Pat Garrett around 1917 and became the official state song. In 1928, America's most famous march composer and conductor, John Philip Sousa, created an arrangement of the state song which included the musical story of the Indians, the cavalry, the Spanish and the Mexicans.
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