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Alamogordo (ăl'əməgôr`dō, –də), city (1990 pop. 27,596), seat of Otero co., S N.Mex., near the Sacramento Mts.; inc. 1912. Holloman Air Force Base, home to U.S. stealth aircraft, is there, and the White Sands Missile Range is nearby. The city, founded in 1898 with the arrival of the Southern Pacific RR, became a regional trade center. Cattle, sheep, pecans, pistachios, fruit, alfalfa, and timber are produced. Among its industries are refrigerator production, printing and publishing, and meatpacking. New Mexico State Univ. has a branch at Alamogordo. White Sands National Monument (see National Parks and Monuments National Parks and Monuments
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Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery. ..... Click the link for more information. , table) lies to the west. The Trinity Site, where the first atomic bomb was exploded on July 16, 1945, is northwest. A space shuttle landing site, the International Space Hall of Fame, the Mescalero (Apache) Reservation, and Lincoln National Forest are nearby. Alamogordo site of first A-bomb explosion; heralded atomic age (1945). [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 11] See : Turning Point |
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It was in Los Alamos, New Mexico that the
atomic bomb was developed and then tested at a site near Alamogordo. Sounds like you fellows were blessed with a few hours' more
``bonding time'' than you anticipated when the bus got stuck
at that busted railroad-crossing barrier in Alamogordo. Thanks to a year with a whopping 10" of rain, the Bureau of
Land Management has leased about 271,000 acres within Fort Bliss
Military Reservation south of Alamogordo, N. |
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