Talk:Hurricane Mesa

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Former fork or duplication

This article was forked or partly duplicated by an article which was at

Hurricane Mesa Test Facility, which is now a redirect. Snowman (talk) 15:01, 22 December 2013 (UTC)[reply

—Trappist the monk (talk) 20:21, 12 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Extended content

The Hurricane Supersonic Research Site (HSRS) on Hurricane Mesa was a USAF

Edwards AFB on March 9, 1962^[3]--the base was placed on standby in December 1961,^[1] and was closed on June 20, 1963.^[3]

The 3,500.78-acre (1,416.72 ha)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Brief Histories of Three Federal Military Installations in Utah: Kearns Army Air Base, Hurricane Mesa, and Green River Test Complex" (PDF). Utah Historical Quarterly. Utah State Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-09-12. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
^ Project HSRS Formerly Project SMART: Its History and Its Mission (Report). c. 1960. {{cite report}}: |format= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |year= (help)
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ISBN 0-912799-53-6. Retrieved 2013-08-15. Utah Fuel Company, a subsidiary of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad ... In 1901 the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad purchased the Rio Grande Western, which owned Utah Fuel Company. Utah Fuel was eventually sold at public auction in 1918. ... In 1883 the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad completed its line into eastern Utah ... in 1888 Utah Fuel Company, which eventually took over Pleasant Valley Coal Company... In 1950 Kaiser purchased all assets of Utah Fuel Company ... A Pony Express station was established at Echo and another one 16 miles to the east at Castle Rock. ... Nearby ran a single track of the Union Pacific Railroad that had been constructed in 1869. ... Echo Canyon — which has had tribes of Indians, fur trappers, the Donner-Reed party, pioneers, the Pony Express, stagecoaches ... Great American Desert ... {{cite report}}: |volume= has extra text (help
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^ http://www.corpsfuds.org/php/siteindex.php?site=J08UT0026&state=Utah
^ "Hurricane Mesa Airport (1434542)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-09-15.