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In 1947, news outlets reported that an object of extraterrestrial origin had crashed near the city of Roswell, New Mexico. From that point on, Roswell became synonymous with UFOs and the subculture that sprang up as a result of the alleged incident. Factually, the so called UFO crash occurred about 75 miles outside of the city. But since it was the task of the soldiers at Roswell Army Air Field to clean up the debris at the crash site, the media mistakenly reported the crash as occurring near Roswell, New Mexico.

UFOs and aliens aside, the history of Roswell can be traced back to two buildings, a general store and a post office, built in 1869 by Mr. Van C. Smith. Eventually, a small community began to pop up around these two buildings. When the burgeoning town needed a name, Mr. Smith named this community Roswell, in honor of his father’s first name. In 1890, a large aquifer was discovered nearby which subsequently launched Roswell’s first economic boom. Roswell was also the site of one of the country’s largest military bases, Walker Air Force Base and a detention center for German prisoners of war during World War two. Today, Roswell is New Mexico’s fifth largest city with just over 48,000 people calling it home.