Download or read book Alamogordo (New Mexico) - Wink Travel Guide written by Wink Travel Wink Travel Guide and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-20 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alamogordo is a small city in southeastern New Mexico. Originally a small hamlet for ranchers and farmers due to the railroad passing through town (the name is a Spanish word meaning "fat cottonwood"). The town has become associated with military and secretive activities, first gaining notability for being the closest substantial settlement to the first nuclear bomb test in 1945. It has also gained a quirky sort of infamy among video game enthusiasts as the site of the Atari video game burial, when Atari buried thousands of unsold video games, most notably copies of the poorly-received E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Wink Travel Guides introduce you to the best world travel destinations, in a clear and concise way, illustrated by photos.