Construction started on a first church in Grants in 1920 and was completed in 1923. It was dedicated to St. Teresa of Avila. Grants was originally known as Los Alamitos …
Before the railway was built, the first settlement was called Alamitos (small cotton forest). The approaching construction team of the Santa Fé Railroad was led by the Grant brothers, who …
Dubbed 'Carrot Capital of the U.S.' circa 1939-1961 as a suburb of Grants, Milan's population increased during the Uranium boom between 1960 and 1990, and still grew by over 1,300 …
Exhibits around a uranium mine, where visitors can go underground. In 1950 one of the largest uranium deposits in the world was found in the nearby mountains. The population increased …