Ever since 1898, when the town had been built by the Southern Pacific Railroad, Alamogordo had been a lonely town. The land around it was largely desert, and largely empty.

• 自1898年该城镇在南太平洋铁路边落成以来，阿拉墨克多便一直是个孤零零的城镇，周围的土地大部分是沙漠，空旷荒芜。