Roswell, New Mexico: From Trading Post Roots to a City Defined by Military Growth and a 1947 UFO Crash

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Roswell, New Mexico grew from a 1871 trading post into a ranching and farming hub, expanded after Walker Air Force Base opened in 1941 and oil and gas discoveries in the 1950s, hosts the New Mexico Military Institute (founded 1891) and a Peter Hurd collection, lies near Bottomless Lakes State Park and Lincoln National Forest, and is famous for the 1947 extraterrestrial crash story that fuels a yearly UFO festival and lasting pop culture interest, with populations of 45,293 in 2000 and 48,366 in 2010.

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Roswell, city, seat (1889) of Chaves county, southeastern New Mexico, U.S. It lies along the Hondo River near the Pecos River. Founded as a trading post in 1871 by Van C. Smith, it was named for his father, Roswell, and developed as a ranching and agricultural centre supported by irrigation. The