In over four hundred years of recorded history, Socorro, New Mexico, has distinguished itself far beyond the normal expectations of such a small town: including making a name for itself in the realm of Amateur Radio. Amateur Radio in Socorro, New Mexico and the Socorro Amateur Radio Association by…
At the war’s end, with uncertainty about the future extent of government involvement in atomic energy, the question arose as to whether or not Los Alamos would continue to exist. This was decided in the affirmative by Congress in 1946. In March 1946, The Zia Company was incorporated for…
New Mexico has been experiencing severe to moderate drought since 1996. As result, Trees particularly Pinon have suffered tremendously. Bark Beetles have destroyed many of these trees due to the dry climate. The Sound of Light in Trees David Dunn All of the sounds heard in this recording occur…
Goddard, Robert Hutchings Between 1918 and his death in 1945, Robert Hutchings Goddard was arguably America’s most famous scientist. He invented and developed much of the hardware that made modern rocket science possible. By Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint Sponsored by the Paul C. S. Carpenter History Project…
America's 1st Commercial Spaceport Blooms in the Desert By Leonard David SPACE.com’s Space Insider Columnist New Mexico's Spaceport America is no longer the stuff of fancy graphics. The scene is now one of bulldozers and other heavy equipment. Loads of asphalt and concrete are being spread. The initial phase…
By Rick Hendricks Some astronauts flying on Apollo missions were allowed to take small personal items along. When he went to the moon in 1971, Apollo 14 astronaut Stuart Roosa, a former US Forest Service (USFS) smokejumper, took tiny tree seeds to see how a trip to the moon…
By Rick Hendricks The honor of installing the first telephone system in New Mexico is often given to Las Vegas merchant Carlos Blanchard, who connected his place of business on the plaza to his home in 1879, just three years after Alexander Graham Bell's invention. In the spring of…
By John P. Wilson A new era in cross-country communications opened in October 1858, when the Butterfield Overland Mail linked the westernmost railroad line in Missouri with San Francisco in California. The stagecoaches and lighter celerity wagons completed their 2,800 mile runs in as little as twenty-one days….
By Pablo Mitchell Life changed in many ways in New Mexico after the railroad arrived in 1880. One of the most profound changes occurred in burial practices. For growing numbers of New Mexicans, burial practices became more professionalized and market-oriented as trained morticians and undertakers increasingly made a living…
by Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint Born in England, Frederick Webb Hodge came to the United States in 1871 at the age of seven. He was schooled in Washington, D.C. and at 23 went to work for the five-year-old U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Two years later, in 1886,…
