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The Missile Museum at White Sands Missile Range: Learning about the history of rockets and missiles
Overview White Sands is a huge natural area in southern New Mexico. Most of it is part of the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), a high-security military installation testing cutting-edge weapons technology. In addition to the inclusion of White Sands National Park, a little-known location accessible to the public with restrictions, White Sands Missile Range…
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Cuervo, New Mexico: A Ghost Town
Overview New Mexico has several ghost towns that are easy to visit. But Cuervo may be the easiest. Between Santa Rosa and Tucumcari on Interstate 40, take exit 291, and you will be in Cuervo. The town was divided when I40 was built. Leaving two streets north of the highway and four south. The famous…
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White Sands National Park
Overview White Sands National Park is part of a much larger geological formation also known as White Sands. It is located in the Tularosa Basin between two mountain ranges in south-central New Mexico. Best known for its scenery and sledding on the dunes, in recent years, an archaeological discovery has thrust the park into the…
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