John Chisum had his famous Jingle Bob Ranch about 5 miles (8 km) from the center of Roswell, at South Spring Acres. It also had many Hispanic people from Lincoln, New Mexico. The first non-indigenous settlers of the area around Roswell were a group of pioneers from Missouri, who attempted to start a settlement 15 miles (24 km) southwest of what is now Roswell in 1865, but were forced to abandon the site because of a lack of water. The Chaves County courthouse Roswell flood History The White family home, built in 1912, is now a museum. Roswell has a history of minor league baseball. This regional pride has resulted in Roswell receiving the All-America City Award multiple times, in 1978–. It is a center for acequia-like irrigated farming, dairying, and ranching it is also the location of several manufacturing, distribution, and petroleum related facilities. Local American folk and New Mexico music performances occur near Pioneer Plaza and in parks around the city. New Mexican cuisine restaurants, such as Martin's Capitol Café, are located near downtown on Main Street, near the International UFO Museum and Research Center. The city also relies on New Mexico and Americana related tourism. Roswell's tourism industry is based on aerospace engineering and ufology museums and businesses, as well as alien-themed and spacecraft-themed iconography. The Roswell Museum and Art Center maintains an exhibit that includes a recreation of Goddard's rocket engine development workshop, and Goddard High School is named after him. In the 1930s, Roswell was a site for much of Robert H. On the 50th anniversary of the Roswell incident, an annual UFO Festival was started. The investigation and debris recovery was handled by the local Roswell Army Air Field. The Roswell incident was named after the town, though the crash site of the alleged UFO was some 75 miles (121 km) from Roswell and closer to Corona. Bottomless Lakes State Park is located 12 miles (19 km) east of Roswell on US 380. Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located a few miles northeast of the city on the Pecos River. The city is also the location of an Eastern New Mexico University campus. It is home of the New Mexico Military Institute (NMMI), founded in 1891. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 48,422, making it the fifth-largest city in New Mexico.
Chaves County forms the entirety of the Roswell micropolitan area. Roswell ( / ˈ r ɒ z w ɛ l/) is a city in, and the seat of, Chaves County in the U.S.
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