Los Alamos and the Pajarito Plateau
Title | Los Alamos and the Pajarito Plateau PDF eBook |
Author | Sharon Snyder |
Publisher | Imaginary Lines, Inc. |
Total Pages | 132 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780738584836 |
The story of Los Alamos and the Pajarito Plateau begins with explosive eruptions. An ancient volcano in northern New Mexico created the mountainous region known as the Jemez, and with time, erosion sculpted narrow mesas and canyons. The first residents were Native Americans. One of their many pueblos was called Tsirege, or the "bird place," from which the name Pajarito originates, meaning "little bird" in Spanish. Homesteaders arrived in the 1880s, but the area was sparsely settled. In 1917, former Rough Rider Ashley Pond started the exclusive Los Alamos Ranch School in the isolated setting, but in 1942 the US government took an interest in that isolation. They abruptly closed the school, and Los Alamos became a secret military post. There, under J. Robert Oppenheimer's leadership, the atomic bomb was created. Postwar housing shortages, Cold War threats, and disastrous fires have challenged Los Alamos, yet it has endured as a place of unique history and natural beauty.
Los Alamos and the Pajarito Plateau
Title | Los Alamos and the Pajarito Plateau PDF eBook |
Author | Sharon Snyder |
Publisher | Arcadia Library Editions |
Total Pages | 130 |
Release | 2011-08 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781531656584 |
The story of Los Alamos and the Pajarito Plateau begins with explosive eruptions. An ancient volcano in northern New Mexico created the mountainous region known as the Jemez, and with time, erosion sculpted narrow mesas and canyons. The first residents were Native Americans. One of their many pueblos was called Tsirege, or the "bird place," from which the name Pajarito originates, meaning "little bird" in Spanish. Homesteaders arrived in the 1880s, but the area was sparsely settled. In 1917, former Rough Rider Ashley Pond started the exclusive Los Alamos Ranch School in the isolated setting, but in 1942 the US government took an interest in that isolation. They abruptly closed the school, and Los Alamos became a secret military post. There, under J. Robert Oppenheimer's leadership, the atomic bomb was created. Postwar housing shortages, Cold War threats, and disastrous fires have challenged Los Alamos, yet it has endured as a place of unique history and natural beauty.
On Rims & Ridges
Title | On Rims & Ridges PDF eBook |
Author | Hal Rothman |
Publisher | U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | 416 |
Release | 1997-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780803289666 |
New Mexico’s Pajarito Plateau encompasses the Bandelier National Monument and the atomic city of Los Alamos. On Rims and Ridges throws into stark relief what happens when native cultures and Euro-American commercial interests interact in such a remote area with limited resources. The demands of citizens and institutions have created a form of environmental gridlock more often associated with Manhattan Island than with the semiurban West, writes Hal K. Rothman.
The Pajarito Plateau
Title | The Pajarito Plateau PDF eBook |
Author | Frances Joan Mathien |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 148 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Paleoecology |
ISBN |
The Pajarito Plateau
Title | The Pajarito Plateau PDF eBook |
Author | Frances Joan Mathien |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 148 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Bandelier National Monument (N.M.) |
ISBN |
Geology of the Jemez Region II
Title | Geology of the Jemez Region II PDF eBook |
Author | New Mexico Geological Society. Annual Field Conference |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 516 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Geology |
ISBN |
Los Alamos
Title | Los Alamos PDF eBook |
Author | John D. Wirth |
Publisher | UNM Press |
Total Pages | 364 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9780826328830 |
Wirth and Aldrich examine the Los Alamos Ranch School, an elite prep school for boys, ages twelve to eighteen. In existence between the two World Wars, the schoolas curriculum combined a robust outdoor life with a rigorous academic program mirroring the Progressive Era's quest for perfection.