2) Pecos, river, United States. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...United States, river, 926 mi (1,480 km) long, rising in N N.Mex. near the Truchas peaks and flowing SE across E N.Mex. and W Tex. to the Rio Grande; drains c.38,300...
3) Alamogordo. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Holloman Air Force Base, home to U.S. stealth aircraft, is there, and the White Sands Missile Range is nearby. The city, founded in 1898 with the arrival of the Southern...