Los Alamos Eagle Scout Miles Iverson has completed his Eagle Scout Project, a memorial bench and hitching post in memory of Josh Miko. Courtesy/LAHS
LAHS News:
Los Alamos Historical Society (LAHS) is expecting another blockbuster summer of visitors. Director Todd Nickols is addressing the ability to offer private group tours.
In 2016, LAHS charged $5 per person for a walking tour and were lucky to have five people on the tours. Today they consistently have an average of 15-20 people on each tour during the busy season, at times up to 45 people. Today LAHS charges $25 per person, a bargain considering the dedicated and well-trained guides. Each one offers accurate historical information and antidotal fun facts in a winsome manner!
LAHS offers three tours a day — April through October (10 a.m., noon and 1:30 p.m.). In the winter months, one tour is offered at 11 a.m. With the increase in visitors, we have realized the need to discontinue offering private tours to groups under 30 because we do not have the volunteers to accommodate all of the requests. Instead, we are able to include these visitors in the three daily tours. This information is updated on our website. It does not pertain to tours and field trips for K-12 school groups. These groups are scheduled through McKenzie Vaupal, our Educator, and are never charged a fee.
LAHS thanks its tour guides who work extremely hard, as do all of the volunteers, to provide visitors with the very best experience possible.
The March Lecture Series will feature former LANL scientist Glen McDuff, who will speak on Project Alberta and the delivery of the first nuclear weapons. Project Alberta was the section of the Manhattan Project that delivered the first nuclear weapons. It was formed in March 1945 and consisted of army, navy, and civilian personnel. The mission was three-fold to design a bomb shape for delivery by air, to procure, and assemble it. The ballistic testing work at Wendover Army Air Field, Utah, was conducted by the 216th Army Air Forces Base Unit. The modification of B-29s to carry the bombs was dubbed Project Silverplate. After completion of its development and training missions, Project Alberta was attached to the 509th Composite Group at North Field, Tinian, where it prepared facilities, assembled and loaded the weapons, and participated in their use.
This lecture will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 12, in the Pajarito Room of Fuller Lodge.
The spring equinox is just around the corner, bringing warmer weather for evening walks around Bathtub Row and the historical society’s campus. Be sure to enjoy a new feature as you walk along the east side pathway. Los Alamos Eagle Scout Miles Iverson, a sophomore at LAHS, has completed his Eagle Scout Project. He created the idea, drew the plans, committed funding, and was the project manager for a memorial bench and hitching post in memory of Josh Miko. The new wooden additions are placed between the Ancestral Pueblo Site and Hans Bethe House.