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The Museum of Space History highlights the role that New Mexico has had in the U. S. space program, and is one of eight museums administered by the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. The museum has been accredited by American Alliance of Museums since 1993. [2]: 55 The museum is also a Smithsonian Affiliate. [3]
The Toy Train Depot is a toy store and railway museum, featuring scale models of train locomotives and passenger and freight cars, in Alamogordo, New Mexico. [1]The Toy Train Depot is also home to America's Park Ride Train Museum, which runs the Alamogordo/Alameda Park Narrow Gauge Railway, a working, 16 in (406 mm) gauge miniature railway that visitors can ride for a nominal fee.
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The provenance of the museum's 47-star flag is unknown, although it presumably was manufactured to celebrate New Mexico's entry into the Union. [2] The flag hung for many years in a bar in Blue Lake, California. The bar owner, Wade Topping, a former resident of Alamogordo, recognized the significance of the flag and donated it to the museum in ...
In addition to the local school system, Alamogordo is home to the New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, founded in 1903, and a branch of New Mexico State University founded in 1958. [ 13 ] : 44, 58 The largest non-government employer in the city is the Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center with 650 employees in 2008.
The word Alamogordo was coined by Americans in the late 1800s, joining two Spanish words: "Alama" (poplar or cottonwood trees) and "gordo" (large or stout). However, the term "Almagordo" was not used in the Spanish language. Alamogordo is the seat of Otero County, New Mexico, United Statesm and the first use of the new word.
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