White Sands Proving Ground land records, 1945-1958.

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White Sands Proving Ground land records, 1945-1958.

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The White Sands Proving Ground Land Records consist of two series: Ledger pages and Photographs. Three ledger pages list individual property owners in the Tularosa Basin in 1945, who owned ranches on the area that would become known as the White Sands Proving Ground. Properties are listed by tract number, operator, acreage, improvement value, basic value, present market value, and lease payment. In addition, photographs of ranching area on the White Sands Proving Ground area detail cattle grazing and other land use in 1952. They were photographed by the U.S. Army Ordnance Department, which at the time operated White Sands Proving Ground. Some of the family ranches included are images from the Bursum, McDonald, and Withers family ranches.

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