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for the Manhattan Project because of its isolation, access to water, ample space, pre-existing buildings which could be used for housing and the fact that much of the surrounding land was already owned by the federal government. It was also located on a
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pm and athletic recreation in the afternoon. Students provided one half-day a week of "community service" (campus maintenance). Every Saturday was a mandatory all-day excursion on horseback into the surrounding countryside, often with overnight stays.
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and has an extensive display on the school and its use of Scouting. The adjacent Fuller Lodge is open for visitor viewing and is frequently used for meetings or weddings. The Los Alamos Art Center is housed in the south wing by Central Avenue.
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Throughout its 25-year existence, the School remained small, with yearly enrollment never exceeding 46 boys (aged 12 to 18 years), but its graduates were an impressive group. Famous alumni included writer
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in which all entrances could be secured. The facility originally was referred to as "Site Y", but later became known as Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, then
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Children of Los Alamos - An Oral History of the Town Where the Atomic Age Began
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William S. Burroughs (edited by James Grauerholz and Ira Silverberg; 1998),
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In November 1942, the school and the surrounding land were purchased by the
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designed the school's Fuller House in 1928, constructed from some 770
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logs selected personally by Meem and the LARS director A.J. Connell.
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Buildings and structures in Los Alamos County, New Mexico
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The school was founded in 1917 by a Detroit businessman,
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for use in the top-secret effort to develop the first
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Index

Fuller Lodge

Los Alamos, New Mexico
United States
English
Gore Vidal
William S. Burroughs

ranch school
Sandoval County, New Mexico
Los Alamos County
San Ildefonso Pueblo
Project Y
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos
Ashley Pond Jr.
Peggy Pond Church
Boy Scouts of America
calisthenics
John Gaw Meem
ponderosa pine
aspen
Gore Vidal
Edward T. Hall
Sears Roebuck
Roy D. Chapin Jr.
American Motors Corporation
Santa Fe Opera
John Crosby
Stirling Colgate

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