In this article published on August 6, 1945, the same day the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Santa Fe first learns of a secret town of 6,000 residents located at the site of the Los Alamos Ranch School on the Pajarito Plateau. The new town of “Los Alamos” is described.
Very similar articles were published on the same day in two other communities in the United States. Where were they and why?