Planning Your Visit
Lordsburg is an I-10 railroad town in the southwestern New Mexico desert. The Hidalgo County Bootheel extends south to the Mexican border, and the Peloncillo Mountains are part of the Chiricahua Apache homeland that Geronimo defended in the last Indian wars.
Fair Highlights
Expect livestock shows, 4-H competitions, rodeo events, and the small-county community spirit of a border county where ranching, mining, and the proximity to Mexico shape a distinctive culture.
A Closer Look
In Lordsburg, the Hidalgo County Fair celebrates New Mexico's southwesternmost county on the Arizona and Mexico borders, where copper mining, cattle ranching, and the Southern Pacific Railroad define an economy in the Bootheel — the narrow extension of New Mexico below the Gila River — and where the Chiricahua Apache homeland and the vast Animas Valley create one of the Southwest's most remote and dramatic landscapes.
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