White Sands Proving GroundLand Record Ledger Pages, 1945

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

White Sands Proving GroundLand Record Ledger Pages, 1945

http://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=nmlcu1ms424.xml

Three ledger pages list individual property ownersin the Tularosa Basin in 1945, who owned ranches on the area that wouldbecome known as the White Sands Proving Ground. Properties are listed bytract number, operator, acreage, improvement value, basic value, presentmarket value, and lease payment.

1 item

eng,

Archives and Special Collections Department. New Mexico State University.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6403086

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

White Sands Proving Ground (N.M.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tf57mm (corporateBody)

The White Sands Proving Ground was established by the U.S. Army on 9 July 1945. Its purpose was to allow the Army's Ordnance Department to test and fire missiles over largely undeveloped land nearly 40 miles wide and 100 miles long. This range was free of a large population base or mitigating factors such as major highways, air travel routes, rail lines, or waterways. The desert area of the Tularosa Basin also offered relatively flat land in which the military could analyze launch trajectories a...