The new mexico city of was near the site of the first nuclear explosion in world history

The New Mexico city of ALAMOGORDO was near the site of the first nuclear explosion in world history , called Trinity test.

The Trinity test was the first test of a nuclear weapon by the United States. It took place on July 16, 1945. It was the first explosion in the history of a weapon of this type. The detonated bomb used plutonium fissile material, like the one released later on Nagasaki, Japan.

The place chosen for the test was a remote area of Alamogordo, later known as White Sands. The place was located in the northern zone, between the towns of Carrizozo and San Antonio, New Mexico, in the Jornada del Muerto desert, in the southwest of the United States.

the discoverers and explorers: 1. natives showed jedediah smith the way. 2. william sublette was the first cross it with a caravan. 3.joel walker and his family were the frist settlers to use it. the jumping off point: 1. founded in 1827 near where the missouri river flows into the mississippi. 2. by the 1840's, it was the most popular "jumping off" point for pioneers to stock their wagons with supplies. 3. missionaries from the church of jesus christ of latter day saints attempted to make independence their zion, or holy capital. the route west: 1. the first emigrants to oregon came by ship before the trail was established. 2. ships continued to to travel to oregon even after the overland migrations began, but they were not popular among the pioneers. 3. the fare for a sea journey to oregon was quite expensive--few pioneer families could afford it. i don't know the other three i'm sorry.