Alamogordo

Alamogordo is the seat of Otero County, New Mexico, United States. A city in the Tularosa Basin of the Chihuahuan Desert, it is bordered on the east by the Sacramento Mountains and to the west by Holloman Air Force Base. The population was 30,403 as of the 2010 census. Alamogordo is known for its connection with the Trinity test, the first explosion of an atomic bomb.

Alamogordo in The House of Daniel
In May, 1934, Alamogordo was a medium sized railroad town that was also home to a marble works and the New Mexico School for the Blind. When Harv Watrous of the House of Daniel he started laughing at the school, he offered no other explanation than to say "Now I know where they get 'em."

Alamogordo's semi-pro baseball team was the Rebels, a nod to the South's attempt to take New Mexico during the States' War. Their outfielder, Mike Lee, was of Chinese descent. The House won the game, and understood why Watrous thought the School for the Blind was so funny; the umpires made several terrible calls throughout the game.

That night, Jack Spivey had a strange dream. In the dream, the whole northern skyline exploded with light, the brightest light anywhere, brighter than the sun, brighter than anything. The roar that went with it sounded like the end of the world, and probably was, within the context of the dream. When Jack awoke, he had the word Trinity in his mind, a name which he felt would be more appropriate to think about in [[Las Cruces (The House of Daniel)|Las Cruces, whence he had just left, rather than Alamogordo.