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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPQT_new-mexico-tech_Socorro-NM.html
Founded in 1889 as New Mexico's School of Mines, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology offers degrees through the doctorate in a number of science and engineering disciplines. In addition to its academic functions, the institute also condu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNZU_jumbo_Socorro-NM.html
This is a fragment from Jumbo, a huge steel vessel designed to contain the explosion of the first nuclear device at the Trinity Site some 35 miles southeast of here on July 16, 1945. Jumbo was 25 feet long, 12 feet in diameter, and weighed 214 ton…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG4I_fort-craig_San-Antonio-NM.html
Fort Craig, which replaced Fort Conrad located about nine miles north, was established to control Indian raids along the Jornada del Muerto. Troops from Fort Craig were defeated by Confederate forces at the Battle of Valverde, 7 miles distant, in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9S6_trinity-site_San-Antonio-NM.html
The world's first atomic explosion occurred on July 16, 1945, at the Trinity Site near the north end of the historic Jornada del Muerto. It marked the beginning of the nuclear age, and the culmination of the Manhattan Project. The site, now part o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9S5_mcdonald-ranch-house-trinity-site_Rome-NM.html
Restored byUS Army White Sands Missile RangeUS Department of EnergyNational Park Service1984In the front room of this humble ranch house the world's first nuclear device was assembled on 13 July 1945. The device was then taken to Trinity Site, two…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AK_trinity-site_Trenton-NM.html
wherethe world's firstNuclear Devicewas exploded onJuly 16, 1945Erected 1965White Sands Missile RangeJ. Frederick ThorlinMajor General U.S. ArmyCommanding(The lower marker reads):Trinity Sitehas been designated aNational Historical LandmarkThis Si…