In early August 1916, residents of Pecos were excitedly preparing for the Reeves County Fair. The Pecos Times was promoting the coming fair by encouraging merchants and businessmen of the city to participate in the first event of the fair, The Reeves County Fair Parade. It's interesting to note that Pecos residents received their electricity and ice from the same company.
Meat markets are mostly things of the past now, too.
The name of the Merry Wives Library Club conjures up an image of a group of married women tipping up a few glasses of wine in one of their private libraries. Another article in the same edition of the Pecos Times shows how different the Pecos River was in 1916. The bridge over Dark Canyon was partially washed out Monday evening and no trains from New Mexico have been able to make it here, though it is expected that it will arrive tomorrow. The track, in different places, has been damaged near Orla. The article went on to describe how farmers and friends put up embankments to keep the crops from flooding.