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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YXU_walker-air-force-base_Roswell-NM.html
Roswell Army Air Field was established in 1941 and renamed after New Mexico native Brig. Gen. Kenneth Walker in 1948. Once the Strategic Air Command's largest base, its bomber fleet and Atlas missiles were key deterrents during the early years of …
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During the Cold War (1946-1989), this area became home for twelve Atlas missile silo sites — America's first operational Intercontinental Ballistic Missile system. They protected the Strategic Air Command facilities at Walker Air Force Base …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM120C_roswell_Roswell-NM.html
Roswell was a watering place for the Pecos Valley cattle drives of the 1870s and 1880s. It was incorporated in 1891 and is seat of Chaves County, named for Col. J. Francisco Chaves, Civil War Soldier and delegate to the U.S. Congress from the Terr…
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