Alamogordo
[key], city, 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 Park (see
National Parks and Monuments, tablenational parks and monuments,
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.
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